Human Rights and Prisons - Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Human Rights and Prisons - Rethinking Crime and Punishment
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Faith-Based Programme - a Christian-based programme available to<br />
lower security prisoners generally in the last 18 months of their<br />
sentence. It is provided with Prison Fellowship. The programme can<br />
currently accommodate 60 prisoners, based in the Faith Based Unit at<br />
Rimutaka.<br />
Māori Therapeutic Programmes – combines cognitive behavioural<br />
therapy <strong>and</strong> Tikanga Māori concepts to facilitate change in the<br />
behaviour of Māori prisoners. Available to 60 prisoners at each of the<br />
following Māori Focus Units: Hawke‟s Bay, Waikeria,<br />
Tongariro/Rangipo, Rimutaka <strong>and</strong> Wanganui. The programme is also<br />
delivered at Northl<strong>and</strong> Prison.<br />
Saili Matagi Programme – a violence prevention programme targeted<br />
to Pacific adult male offenders. This programme can be accessed by<br />
12 people at one time, <strong>and</strong> sits within the 44-bed Pacific Focus Unit (or<br />
Vaka Fa‟aola) at Spring Hill.<br />
Focus Programme – to help young prisoners to acknowledge their<br />
offending <strong>and</strong> to learn how to break the offending cycle. The<br />
programme is undertaken within Youth Units based at Christchurch<br />
Men‟s (40), Hawke‟s Bay (30) <strong>and</strong> Waikeria (35) 8 .<br />
Violence Prevention Programme – to assist prisoners to live their lives<br />
without violence. The programme focuses on controlling violent<br />
impulses <strong>and</strong> conflict resolution. 30 prisoners can access this<br />
programme within the Violence Prevention Unit at Rimutaka. The<br />
programme also includes follow-up support on release.<br />
Drug Treatment Programmes – directed to prisoners, with identified<br />
alcohol <strong>and</strong> drug-related needs, who demonstrate high recidivism<br />
rates. The 24-week programmes are undertaken in Drug-Treatment<br />
Units at Waikeria, Christchurch Men‟s, Hawkes Bay, Rimutaka,<br />
Arohata, <strong>and</strong> Spring Hill. In 2009, Corrections received further funding<br />
for three additional drug treatment units. New units opened in Otago<br />
<strong>and</strong> Auckl<strong>and</strong> in 2010 <strong>and</strong> another in Whanganui will be operational<br />
from 2011. The Department of Corrections has noted that the addition<br />
of these new units will increase the number of prisoners who can be<br />
treated from 500 to 1,040 every year.<br />
Special Treatment Unit-Rehabilitative Programmes (STU-RP) –<br />
directed to high-risk male prisoners. These programmes are based on<br />
cognitive, behavioural <strong>and</strong> prevention therapies. 40 prisoners can be<br />
accommodated in both Waikeria (Karaka) <strong>and</strong> Spring Hill (Puna Tatari).<br />
In 2009, a further unit was established at Christchurch (Matapuna).<br />
The three units also include an adult sex offender treatment<br />
programme treating ten participants per year.<br />
8 A fourth youth unit at Rimutaka is currently not operational as all youth prisoners are<br />
accommodated in the other units.<br />
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