Election year:
2023
Political party:
Act
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Youth Justice
- Show a clear pathway of consequences for young offenders, from instant practical penalties to ankle bracelets.
- Repeal changes that came into force in 2019 that expanded the youth justice jurisdiction to include 17 year olds.
- Provide the ability to lock up serious youth offenders with the construction of 200 new youth justice beds under the management of Corrections, not Oranga Tamariki.
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