Aotearoa New Zealand's Situation
Aotearoa New Zealand has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the western world.*
“Sticking us in jail ain’t gonna do nothing … when we get out …. we go back to doing what we did before … and when we come back [to prison], that’s okay, we know how it goes, we’ve been here before”.
A system that struggles
Without effective resolution and healing of their trauma, most men in prison have graduated from Oranga Tamariki Care and Protection, Youth Justice and/or mental health services, into a punitive system that sees incarceration result in a greater degree of reoffending than any other form of punishment. Of these rangatahi, 77% will be re-sentenced within two years of their release from prison.*
Te Kāhu Tiu will provide a therapeutic, educational and cultural learning environment for rangatahi.
“The current state is a social and economic cost that we as a country cannot afford.”
