Learn for Justice
The New Zealand criminal justice system is causing serious harm to the people who find themselves stuck in the prison pipeline. The system needs to be transformed into one that prioritises restorative justice, rehabilitation and community wellbeing. Together, we have the power and agency to push the Government to make these changes.
To learn more about the current issues and the pathways forward, check out these great videos, podcasts and reports.
Listen:
The Detail: A deep dive into police bias on Spotify and Apple
Nuku: Episode with Awatea Mita, justice advocate on Spotify and the Nuku website
Watch: Aotearoa
The Stolen Children of Aotearoa - a documentary on the dark history of the abuse of children in New Zealand’s state care system
Who are prisons actually helping? | Alice Snedden’s Bad News
Ram Raid Mums - a documentary about three resilient mothers struggling to raise their children amongst dwindling support and systemic failures.
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Justice - A conversation with justice advocate Awatea Mita. How can our justice system rehabilitate rather than only punish?
Watch: Global
13TH - examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America
Read: Reports
How we fail children who offend and what to do about it: ‘A breakdown across the whole system’.
Understanding Policing Delivery - Independent Panel Report 1
Read: Books
Non-fiction
Rock Collage by Mark Derby: An unofficial history of Mount Eden Prison
Justice and Race by Dr Oliver Sutherland - Campaigns against racism and abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand
A Lifetime Behind Bars by Dean Wickliffe
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson - A Story of Justice and Redemption
Fiction
Boy Swallows Universe - Trent Dalton
