Temporary prisons - coming to a courthouse near you

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 5:29p.m.

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The Government has, in a single day, passed a law change that means prisoners can be kept overnight in court cells, because prison beds are full.

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29 Nov 2009 07:10p.m.

kiwibybirth wrote:

i think we need to look at deporting pacific islander offenders ,not building more prisons to house them ,get the true and honest figures from corrections and courts i have just been thru the system pacific islanders are there in huge numbers, spring hill,rimataka,paremoremo,are three of our largest prisons and are full of islanders, maori have been in this country for hundreds of years ,islanders only 40 years yet out number nz caucasiian, asian,any other race you can mention stop fudging the real figures let nz know the truth ,also get the bail figures from auckland dc,manukau dc,papakura dc,henderson dc,northshore dc. nz will be shocked thousands get arrested and attend court daily ,so stop misleading the public media !! .you have a lot to answer for .stop printing whats hot and get focused. this may be the shock tactic the country needs.politicians stop vote grabbing its costing nz more than you think!!

29 Nov 2009 02:44a.m.

Jan.. wrote:

I agree with you Rob, I think the terrorist is terrorising our country because of our good nature..
Our people used to die of an old age or an illness..

26 Nov 2009 07:37p.m.

temp wrote:

Cmon is about time we stop providing crims with luxuries, they got video games, underfloor heating, pool tables and they can do free education, they do not pay rent or food or taxes. F**ing hell why should we support these crims with all these things. As far as I am concerned they can build cells from containers and let the crims work hard to build them. For goodness sake its not a holiday camp they have to be in but a Punishment!! given to them so they NEVER commit crime again. We have di**heads on our gov.