Judith “Crusher” Collins, postergirl for uncompassionate conservatives, proudly announces in her latest press release: “Prison numbers set to be highest ever”.
Odd thing to be proud of when what it really shows is a justice system that’s failing. Our rate of incarceration – the second highest in the western developed world – should be a national disgrace, particularly in the context of an overall crime rate that’s falling. Of course Labour’s hands aren’t entirely clean on this either, the prison muster having risen throughout their time in office as well.
On the up-side, I suppose if double-bunking and shoving prisoners in containers is the best Judith Collins has got, the way is presumably open for some genuinely progressive policy responses from the left…
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