Te Pāti Māori promise prison abolition in new justice policy (www.1news.co.nz)

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[-] Dave 1 points 3 years ago

Oh I have a follow up question that you may or may not know the answer to. On rereading, I noticed they used the term "habilitation", not "rehabilitation". Is there significance in this distinction?

[-] AlgeriaWorblebot 6 points 3 years ago

I think the idea behind habilitation is that people who've spent most of their lives in the prison system were never properly integrated into society in the first place- rehabilitation implies return to a prior level of fitness that wouldn't apply here.