The Salvation Army Social Policy Unit has participated in the national conversation on criminal justice policy over more than a decade, beginning with the publication of Beyond the Holding Tank: Pathways to Rehabilitative and Restorative Prison Policy in 2006 and a follow-up 2016 report, Beyond the Prison Gate: Reoffending and Reintegration in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The unit also participated in the criminal justice summit held in Porirua last August and the regional hui hosted by the Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group—Te Uepū Hāpai i te Ora. We are pleased to continue our contribution with these Briefing Notes.