The Government held a Criminal Justice Summit in Porirua this week.
In this edition of Inside Parliament 1 NEWS political reporter Maiki Sherman and 1 NEWS reporter Mei Heron give their thoughts on the summit.
Mei Heron says:
"There seems to be a general recognition our justice system isn't working ... National are going to be questioning whether there will be more criminals on the streets. It’s a really fine line the government has to walk here – looking after victims, still punishing people for the crime but at the same time rehabilitating and looking after people."
Maiki Sherman says:
"In some ways it was quite slick .. it looked good ... and you also had the ministers tackling head on what is a glaring failure of the country – the Māori prison population. So in those ways it was good.
"But in other ways it seemed quite messy" with several attendees at the summit challenging the Government - all of whom had "valid" points.
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