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MOVE ON THE MOVE-ON ORDERS!
The ‘Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill’ has passed its first reading in parliament, and is now open for submissions. This bill threatens anyone on the street, and anyone without a home, just for existing. You can submit against the Bill here. The Move-on Orders bill allows police to require people who are not engaging…
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We demand that Corrections provide clothes for prisoners
We’ve previously published a series on the failure of the Department of Corrections to provide basic necessities like hygienic bedding, and over the past several years the work of our advocates has uncovered that this negligence extends to underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a wide-ranging problem, affecting all prisons. We’ve been supporting prisoners…
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The Queer Case for Prison Abolition — Tāmaki, March 16
Ten years ago, a protest against Police and Corrections participation in the Auckland Pride Parade led to our formation as queer and trans prison abolitionist group No Pride in Prisons. Today, we’ve become People Against Prisons Aotearoa, a broader abolitionist organisation that struggles for an Aotearoa without prisons and police, where those who have caused…
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Defying Destiny: Day of Queer Power
Last weekend, Destiny Church escalated its attacks against the queer community in Auckland. Destiny wants to drive queer New Zealanders back into the closet. PAPA won’t let this happen. We stood for queer liberation as No Pride in Prisons, and we stand for it now. We’re holding DEFYING DESTINY: DAY OF QUEER POWER this Sunday…
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DRAFT submission on the Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill 2024
People Against Prisons Aotearoa is strongly opposed to all aspects of this Bill. This Bill will intensify the existing harms of the prison system and dramatically increase the prison population. It will fail to achieve the stated purpose of the Bill, fail to reduce serious offending and will fail to “ensure offenders take personal responsibility…
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Let’s talk about the Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill
What does the bill do? Limits sentence reductions; Targets young people with harsher sentencing; Restricts courts’ ability to consider mitigating factors in offending; Restricts courts’ ability to consider the circumstances of the defendant in cases of recidivism; Encourages cumulative sentencing; Encourages guilty pleas; …and more. What Impact will the Bill have? This Bill will drive…
