Three Strikes to restore law and order“The Labour Government turned its back on victims of serious crime when it repealed the Three Strikes legislation. There is an enormous problem with ACTs 3 strikes law and plan to force every prisoner to complete rehabilitation programmes before they gain parole. The justice minister, Kiritapu Allan, said on its repeal that the three-strikes law was “a kneejerk reaction to crime” that resulted in disproportionate and excessive sentences. Allan noted that judges still retained the power to issue lengthy sentences and could impose the same restrictions as provided by the three-strikes law “in appropriate cases”. ACT’s measures won’t work, all they will do is jam more prisoners into our underfunded, corrupt, violent prison system and lead to a prison riot.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2024 21:41 UTC