Election 2023 - Youth Justice Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
Nicole McKee
Link to
policy here
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Nicole McKee
- 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.
- Read more here
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Golriz-Ghahraman
Link to
policy here
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Golriz-Ghahraman
- Raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years of age.
- Ensure young people in detention are always held separately from adults, and ensure detention is a last resort in the treatment of young people, for the shortest periods of time and in the best conditions possible.
- Improve the effectiveness of Family Group Conferences by increasing funding for training of convenors, ensuring that victims are provided with adequate information about FGCs in order to encourage a higher proportion to attend and increasing resources for FGC to ensure agreed outcomes are achieved.
- Address the over-representation of Māori and Pasifika young people in the youth justice system.
- Reform youth detention and sentencing to encourage young offenders to reintegrate into their communities.
- Read more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Paul Goldsmith
Link to
policy here
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Paul Goldsmith
- Introduce Young Serious Offender (YSO) category, which targets the ringleaders of crimes, such as ram raids. This will apply to 10-17 year olds.
- Introduce Young Offender Military Academies where YSO's, ages 15-17 can be sent for up to 12 months. There will be discipline, mentoring, and intensive rehabilitation supplied.
- Use community organisations and other non-government agencies to break the cycle of offending.
- Read more here
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Link to
policy here
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- Double the number of Youth Aid officers.
- Introduce a ‘Youth Justice Demerit Points’ system to provide structure and early intervention for youth offenders. There must be accountability, an offender needs to know there will be consequences but also every opportunity to change their behaviours.
- Read more here
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
