Prisons Archive

  • David Clendon

    Corrections fail to correct, justice perpetuates crime - by David Clendon



    Two reminders today that this (and  previous) governments’ punitive approach to crime and punishment is failing dismally, at enormous economic and social cost, and it needs to change. The Herald highlights the massive cost of building new prisons, with the proposed Wiri project having cost us over $20 million before construction even begins.  The prison [...] read more
    September 13, 2011 10:01 am - 12 Comments
  • David Clendon

    Even more outstanding evidence slamming ‘Three Strikes’ law - by David Clendon



    The Californian State auditor has released a very frank, and frankly chilling, assessment of the consequences of that State’s ‘3 strikes’ legislation.  The prison population in California now numbers close to 177,000. The ‘highlights’ of the report tell us that : Inmates incarcerated under the three strikes law (striker inmates): Make up 25 percent of [...] read more
    May 20, 2010 10:31 am - 30 Comments
  • David Clendon

    Crates, cubicles and containers - by David Clendon



    Aotearoa / New Zealand, the country where some would have us think that it is okay to keep pigs locked up in crates, cows locked up in cubicles, and human beings locked up in glorified shipping containers. read more
    February 4, 2010 4:19 pm - 31 Comments
  • frog

    Cowboy justice - by frog



    National’s law and order announcements are about as Wild West as they come. As Colin Espiner says: National has this morning bowed to those beating the law and order drum, releasing a parole policy so punitive it makes the United States look like a bastion of liberalism by comparison… The implications of National’s new policy [...] read more
    October 6, 2008 1:31 pm - 40 Comments