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Corrections Association: Too many people with ankle bracelets who should be in jail

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Publish Date
Fri, 21 Jul 2023, 8:49am
Photo / NZ Herald
Photo / NZ Herald

Corrections Association: Too many people with ankle bracelets who should be in jail

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 21 Jul 2023, 8:49am

The Corrections Association says there are too many people out there, with ankle bracelets on, who should be in jail.

President Floyd du Plessis told Mike Hosking electronically monitored bail is a great initiative - but for a limited number of people.

“We’ve decided to drastically drop prisoner numbers without putting in decent amounts of rehabilitation and training and instead all we’ve done is pushed them into the community at a time when offending in the community has gone up.”

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