Budget 2015: $6.5million boost to reduce reoffending
Rehabilitation support can help steer offenders away from crime and keep our communities safer.
That is why Budget 2015 will provide $6.5 million more operating funding in 2015/16 for new and existing rehabilitation and re-integration initiatives.
The Department of Corrections spends around $192 million a year on rehabilitation and re-integration for offenders, but we want to see more of our short serving and community based offenders engaged in addressing their drivers of crime. National wants to help them turn away from a potential life in prison.
We want more offenders participating in programmes such as Out of Gate, that will make a difference in their lives so they don’t go back to offending.
Out Of Gate is a navigation service for offenders sentenced to two years’ imprisonment or less, or those in custody on remand, to access support in the community to help address their re-integrative needs.
Offenders are helped to access community agencies that provide housing, employment, education and training, skills for life, health and wellbeing services, and whanau and community support.
Results of the Out of Gate service have shown that for every percentage drop in reoffending, there is a benefit of $5.5 million to the justice sector and wider social sector.
That means the programme has a potential net benefit of up to $44.5 million of future avoided costs. This is of huge value to the Government’s books and the New Zealand economy.
We’re also investing more in the Work and Living Skills Road Safety Package, as about 20 per cent of all Police charges relate to traffic and driving offences.
The package provides a range of interventions to reduce low-level repeat driving offences, particularly offences related to drink-driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without a licence.
The money will go towards an education programme, driver licensing activities, and alcohol interlock devices for repeat drink-drive offenders.
We’ve already seen a 10 per cent reduction in reoffending since June 2011, meaning 7064 fewer victims of crime.
Investing even more in rehabilitation programmes will help us reach the Government’s Better Public Services target of reducing prisoner reoffending 25 per cent by 2017, meaning 18,500 fewer victims of crimeeach year, and safer communities for Kiwi families.
We know that one of the reasons New Zealand attracts migrants in because it is a safe and secure place to raise a family. We will continue to make investment in areas where there is room for improvement for all New Zealanders.
Rehabilitation support can help steer offenders away from crime and keep our communities safer.
That is why Budget 2015 will provide $6.5 million more operating funding in 2015/16 for new and existing rehabilitation and re-integration initiatives.
The Department of Corrections spends around...
Rehabilitation support can help steer offenders away from crime and keep our communities safer.
That is why Budget 2015 will provide $6.5 million more operating funding in 2015/16 for new and existing rehabilitation and re-integration initiatives.
The Department of Corrections spends around $192 million a year on rehabilitation and re-integration for offenders, but we want to see more of our short serving and community based offenders engaged in addressing their drivers of crime. National wants to help them turn away from a potential life in prison.
We want more offenders participating in programmes such as Out of Gate, that will make a difference in their lives so they don’t go back to offending.
Out Of Gate is a navigation service for offenders sentenced to two years’ imprisonment or less, or those in custody on remand, to access support in the community to help address their re-integrative needs.
Offenders are helped to access community agencies that provide housing, employment, education and training, skills for life, health and wellbeing services, and whanau and community support.
Results of the Out of Gate service have shown that for every percentage drop in reoffending, there is a benefit of $5.5 million to the justice sector and wider social sector.
That means the programme has a potential net benefit of up to $44.5 million of future avoided costs. This is of huge value to the Government’s books and the New Zealand economy.
We’re also investing more in the Work and Living Skills Road Safety Package, as about 20 per cent of all Police charges relate to traffic and driving offences.
The package provides a range of interventions to reduce low-level repeat driving offences, particularly offences related to drink-driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without a licence.
The money will go towards an education programme, driver licensing activities, and alcohol interlock devices for repeat drink-drive offenders.
We’ve already seen a 10 per cent reduction in reoffending since June 2011, meaning 7064 fewer victims of crime.
Investing even more in rehabilitation programmes will help us reach the Government’s Better Public Services target of reducing prisoner reoffending 25 per cent by 2017, meaning 18,500 fewer victims of crimeeach year, and safer communities for Kiwi families.
We know that one of the reasons New Zealand attracts migrants in because it is a safe and secure place to raise a family. We will continue to make investment in areas where there is room for improvement for all New Zealanders.
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