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13 June, 2013

Minister turns sod on Rolleston construction yards

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has turned the sod on new construction yards at Rolleston Working Prison, where prisoners will refurbish around thirty Housing New Zealand houses each year for the next five years.

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12 June, 2013

$27.8 million to expand prison to court audio-visual links

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley and Courts Minister Chester Borrows have announced that safety and security is being enhanced with the expansion of audio-visual links (AVL) to a further 14 District Courts and nine prisons, allowing more prisoners to make court appearances while physically remaining inside the wire.

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10 June, 2013

New reintegration programme to reduce reoffending

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says a new nationwide reintegration programme for prisoners will help reduce reoffending and result in fewer victims of crime.

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16 May, 2013

Reducing reoffending, keeping communities safe

Budget 2013 supports the Government’s target of further reducing reoffending, leading to fewer victims of crime, and the redesign of electronically monitored bail, Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says.

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18 April, 2013

Reoffending down, more hard work ahead

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says reoffending has been cut by 8 per cent since the Better Public Services June 2011 benchmark, meaning there are 1,476 fewer repeat offenders and over 5,904 fewer victims of crime each year.

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28 March, 2013

Minister opens new probation centres

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has officially opened new community probation centres in Thames and Tauranga.

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26 March, 2013

Greater transparency for prison system

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says prison performance tables have been introduced for the first time to enable greater transparency and accountability to taxpayers.

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21 March, 2013

Corrections Bill passes second reading

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says the Administration of Community Sentences and Orders Bill has passed its second reading in Parliament.

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26 February, 2013

Corrections Amendment Bill passes third reading

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says a Bill which improves prison safety and security has passed its third reading in Parliament.

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21 February, 2013

Structured approach for young prisoners

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has officially opened a Young Offenders Unit at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison, which will deliver a much more structured approach to dealing with young prisoners.

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21 February, 2013

Increase in prisoner education to reduce crime

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has announced that two thousand prisoners are to be enrolled in an education programme leading to NCEA qualifications over the next two years, as a result of a new partnership between Corrections and the Open Polytechnic.

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19 February, 2013

GPS monitoring for release-to-work prisoners

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has announced that GPS monitoring of offenders is to be extended to include prisoners on release-to-work schemes.

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12 February, 2013

Corrections Amendment Bill passes second reading

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says a Bill which will enable prisons to operate more effectively has passed its second reading.

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1 February, 2013

New $1.8 million probation centre for Kapiti Coast

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has officially opened a new probation centre at Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast.

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13 December, 2012

New health dependency unit opens at Rimutaka Prison

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has officially opened a new High Dependency Unit at Rimutaka Prison, the first of its kind in New Zealand.

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20 November, 2012

Increasing safety and training for prison staff

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has announced that an expert advisory panel has been formed to help deliver improved safety for prison staff.

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31 October, 2012

Minister to attend Interpol Assembly

Police and Corrections Minister Anne Tolley is travelling to England and Italy from October 31 to November 8 for discussions on organised crime, the UK sex offenders' register, online child pornography and prisoner rehabilitation.

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27 September, 2012

Prisoner education and employment exceeds targets

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says targets for prisoners engaged in education and employment have been exceeded by more than 100 per cent.

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20 September, 2012

New PPP prison, up to 1300 jobs for South Auckland

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has today turned the sod for the new 960-bed men’s prison at Wiri in South Auckland.

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11 September, 2012

Contract signed for new PPP prison at Wiri

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says a contract has been signed allowing the SecureFuture consortium to design, finance, build, operate and maintain the new 960-bed public-private partnership (PPP) prison at Wiri, South Auckland.

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23 August, 2012

Minister opens expanded prison drug treatment unit

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has officially opened the expanded drug and alcohol treatment unit at Hawke’s Bay Prison, as part of the Government’s target of reducing reoffending by 25 per cent by 2017.

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23 August, 2012

Minister opens new Napier probation centre

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has today officially opened the new Community Probation Centre in Napier.

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23 August, 2012

Minister opens new Napier probation centre

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has today officially opened the new Community Probation Centre in Napier.

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17 July, 2012

Record number of prisoners in employment training

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says a record number of prisoners are now employed in on-the-job training or trades training programmes which lead to qualifications.

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11 July, 2012

Minister to attend Adelaide corrections conference

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley is in Adelaide from 11-13 July to attend a Corrective Services Ministers’ Conference.

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2 July, 2012

Minister to visit Australian prisons

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley is travelling in Australia from 3 - 7 July for visits to prisons, offender reintegration facilities and prisoner employment programmes.

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2 July, 2012

Smoke-free prisons a success, one year on

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says the first anniversary of the ban on smoking in prisons is a significant milestone, with facilities now much safer and healthier for staff and prisoners.

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27 June, 2012

24-hour GPS monitoring for high-risk offenders

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says 24-hour Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring of high-risk offenders is to be introduced for the first time in New Zealand to strengthen public safety.

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12 June, 2012

Increased safety for prison officers

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says officers in every prison are to have access to pepper spray to improve safety for frontline staff, following a successful twelve-month trial.

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24 May, 2012

Setting targets for safer communities, less crime

Budget 2012 supports better public services by contributing to targets that will reduce prisoner reoffending by 25 per cent by 2017 and result in 18,500 fewer victims of crime every year, Police and Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says.

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