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Roger Brooking

Roger Brooking as a Wellington alcohol and drug counsellor. He's the author of 'Flying Blind- how the justice system perpetuates crime and the corrections Department fails to correct' and blogs about crime, justice and prison issues at Brookingblog.com.

Roger Brooking

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Who really makes up New Zealand’s sentenced prison population?

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Would sending repeat drunk driver Gavin Hawthorn to prison really make us safer?

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Kelvin Davis has a cunning plan to cut the prison population – and it’s working

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How to cut the prison population by 50% in five years

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NZers are being tortured and we don’t care – because they’re prisoners, and prisoners aren’t really human

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Substance abuse affects 90% of prison inmates. Why are they being fobbed off with unqualified addiction counsellors?