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DRAFT Submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 2024
Click here to submit on this Bill. Submissions close 11:59pm on Tuesday 7th January 2025. People Against Prisons (PAPA) is opposed to this Bill in its entirety. We recommend that the Bill be rejected and that the government enact Te Tiriti o Waitangi as it was written. There are a great many reasons to reject…
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DRAFT Submission on the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill 2024
Click here to submit on this Bill. Submissions close 11:59pm on Thursday 9th January 2025. People Against Prisons Aotearoa is submitting in strong opposition to the entirety of the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill (“the Bill”). We recommend that the committee reject this Bill and that the government pursue evidence-based alternatives…
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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…
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Parliamentary Select Committee Submissions 101
This guide will provide a basic overview of the select committee submissions writing process.
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How to email your local MP about the Ram Raids Bill
A step-by-step guide to writing to your local MP, asking them to stop the Ram Raids Bill.
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Dire Conditions in New Zealand Prison Visiting Rooms For Whānau & Friends
Families and prisoners report unwelcoming and restrictive environments during visits. Under the Corrections Act 2004, prisoners are entitled to one 30-minute visit per week, yet many face extreme limitations and distressing conditions, especially since COVID-19. Visiting rooms should support family bonds, not strain them!
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Build Communities, Not Cages
On Saturday 25th May, join us outside Mount Eden Prison to say NO to Three Strikes, US-style megaprisons, defunding social services, and mass incarceration.
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Corrections Shining Torches Into Prisoners’ Faces Overnight
At night, Corrections officers are required to shine torches into each cell, usually every two hours but as often as every 15 minutes for people in ISU. This is a form of torture. Cheap technological interventions could avoid the need for this practice.
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Neglected Bedding Crisis in NZ Prisons: Inadequate Hygiene & Health Risks, Urgent Action Needed for Prisoner Welfare
Corrections are failing to provide prisoners with even the most basic standards of hygiene. Bedding in prisons is often mouldy and rotten, and Corrections are failing to replace it.