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

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[-] eatthecake@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago

Sorrry Ma'am, we know your ex husband is trying to kill you but it would be inhumane to lock him in prison. We can offer you a place in our maximum security safehouse though, it has armed guards, windows barred and lockdown every night.

[-] Dave 18 points 3 years ago

Have a read of this: https://lemmy.nz/comment/2326509

It's not about ruling out detaining people. It's that prison is a terrible answer to the problem. Some person thinks that crime is acceptable. Let's put them in a building full other other people who think that crime is acceptable, so the only people the associate with are criminals. It's a system that makes more criminals, and it will be seen as obviously a bad idea in 100 years.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago

Yeah, prisons are a waste of money. Better to compost criminals instead, thus they will be able to provide some benefit to the society.

[-] Ilovethebomb 1 points 3 years ago

No, you don't get it. We're going to rehabilitate them with the power of understanding, and something about decolonisation. And then keep a really close eye on them.

I mean, there's a argument to be made for better rehabilitation and training for prisoners, but this is ridiculous.