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8/15/2006: New Zealand Corrections asks for better treatment programs
via: Scoop
Once released from prison, wrap-around services, delivered by Corrections and other government and non government agencies, will help prisoners find accommodation, find work and manage relationships and personal finances.
These initiatives will deliver results.
Corrections estimates that these measures will reduce the need for 100 prison beds by 2012.
In addition, new money has been budgeted for Corrections to boost treatment programmes for offenders serving community-based sentences.
These will include more domestic violence programmes to combat a jump in offending in this area, and an expansion of Tikanga Maori programmes.
Targeted interventions at this stage go a long way towards reducing the likelihood of offending escalating to a point where prison becomes the only option.
Finally, providing prisoners greater access to mental health services and gambling treatment programmes are other areas the government is actively working on.
These areas involve the Ministry of Health, district health boards and Corrections strengthening partnerships and service delivery.
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