law and order Archive

  • Keith Locke

    Sex Bomb, Sex bomb - by Keith Locke



    Just in case anyone thinks the Greens were letting some hard core sex offenders run riot by voting against yesterday’s sex offender law amendment, here are the facts: The key amendment in the bill was not “just implementing the intention of the original legislation”, as the government claimed . The Attorney-General’s Report on Parole (Extended [...] read more
    April 3, 2009 2:32 pm - 40 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    GEO Group record in private prisons – very very bad - by Metiria Turei



    One of the companies that is apparently in discussions with National to run a private prison is The GEO Group Inc. They ran the Auckland Central Remand Prison when it was privatised. John Key is reported as saying that they produced “very good results”. The GEO Group, Inc. is part of the The Wackenhut Corporation, [...] read more
    March 12, 2009 11:08 am - 27 Comments