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New Zealand appears to be doing a reasonable job of youth detention, where the facilities are more like high schools than prisons. Wandering through New Zealan
by TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
New Zealand appears to be doing a reasonable job of youth detention, where the facilities are more like high schools than prisons.
Wandering through New Zealand's Korowai Manaaki youth detention centre, you can't help but notice the basketball court, veggie patch and classrooms — it feels more like a high school than a prison.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-27/nz-youth-detention-centres-different-to-australia/11321582 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-27/nz-youth-detention-ce...
- Nasrudith 7y agoSadly it seems that most have gone the opposite direction with making schools more like prisons. Metal detectors, visitors watched with suspision, high ratio of supervised to supervisees resulting in effective partial rule by them. Am I talking about prisons or schools? Yes.