millennial fulcrum
boosted
"Te Pāti Māori says the abolition of prisons isn’t the starting point, but something that will happen once there is no longer a need for them. Until then, ...its focus is on eliminating the “root causes” of crime: poverty, inequality, unemployment, homelessness, racism, poor mental health and trauma.
New Zealand spends over $1.7 billion annually on prisons, with costs exceeding $160,000 per prisoner every year."