The Side Eye: ‘Tough on crime’ is dead

02 Jul 2018

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The politics of fear has seen successive NZ governments incarcerate people at increasing rates. In the latest Side Eye, Toby Morris explores the crisis of a mindless criminal justice system

Toby Morris

Toby Morris

Toby Morris is an Auckland based illustrator, comic artist and writer. He is the author of The Spinoff's non-fiction comic series The Side Eye, won the Voyager award for Cartoonist of the year for 2019 and in 2020 his Covid-19 collaborations with Dr Siouxsie were shared around the world.

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