A Radio Waatea investigation reveals the billion-dollar financial and social cost of imprisoning Māori in Aotearoa, highlighting systemic overrepresentation, punitive practices, and the urgent need for kaupapa Māori-led rehabilitation and prevention strategies.
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a daily million-dollar fiscal burden
It costs a million dollars a day to keep low-risk defendants on remand. More prisons aren’t the answerfinancial waste and unjust delays
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