Howard League for Penal Reform

The Howard League promotes debate on issues of crime, punishment, rehabilitation and alternatives to prison.

Institute for Criminal Policy Research

This English institute seeks to assist governments and other relevant agencies to develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment. Its website includes international data on imprisonment rates and prison management.

PILLARS – breaking the crime cycle

PILLARS runs programmes for the children and families of prisoners.

JustSpeak

JustSpeak aims to empower young people from all walks of life to think independently and speak out about justice issues.

Burton, Ormond. In prison. Wellington: Reed, 1945.

Committee of Enquiry into the Prisons System. Prison review: te ara hou: the new way. Wellington: Crown, 1989.

Jackson, Moana. The Māori and the criminal justice system: a new perspective: He whaipaanga hou. Wellington: Policy and Research Division, Dept of Justice, 1987–1988.

Office of the Ombudsman. Ombudsmen’s investigation of the Department of Corrections in relation to the detention and treatment of prisoners. Wellington: Office of the Ombudsmen, 2005.

Parry, Gordon. Patients, prisoners & progress. Dunedin: Patients’ and Prisoners’ Aid Society Otago, 2002.

Tennant, Margaret. Through the prison gate: 125 years of prisoners’ aid and rehabilitation. Wellington: New Zealand Prisoners’ Aid & Rehabilitation Society, 2002.