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The Greens are living in the land of Teletubbies if they think that New Zealand can afford not to have new regional prisons, Corrections Minister Matt Robson says.

“I look forward to Bill English’s support for the new regional prison which might be build in his electorate of Clutha/Southland, Corrections Minister, Matt Robson says.

If we get cut off from our whanau, and the places we call home, we lose a part of our whakapapa, our humanity.

Self-care units are primarily designed to help prepare inmates for their return to the community. The units provide an environment similar to what they will face on the outside. Unlike the structured environment of the mainstream prison, in these units women are encouraged to be self-reliant. They will have to budget, cook, clean up after themselves, and organise groceries. We all take these basic life skills for granted. But for many of these inmates, this will be the first time in their lives that anyone has taken the time to teach them.

Four new self-care units at Arohata Women’s Prison for low security inmates nearing release will help break the cycle of offending for young women and their babies, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said today at the official opening ceremony.

Four new self-care units at Arohata Women’s Prison for low security inmates nearing release will help break the cycle of offending for young women and their babies, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said today at the official opening ceremony.

“Getting teenage parents back to school and helping them to be good parents is key to preventing crime tomorrow,” says Corrections Minister Matt Robson.

Early intervention works. It is the most successful of all interventions. More successful than programs in prison, more successful than post release re-integration.

My job doesn’t start when an offender enters one of my prisons, and end when he or she leaves. It starts in the homes of kids at risk, it starts in the schools when a kid becomes disruptive and skips class, it starts in the courts when a teenager appears before a judge on his first offence. And it continues when an offender is released from jail and returns to their family where there is a child waiting who doesn’t need to follow in dad’s foot-steps. It’s just common sense: if you want to stop crime, start early.

Speech to the Prison Fellowship of New Zealand conference, Matamata.

“I believe that we can intervene at any stage of the life of an offender, from birth onwards,” Corrections Minister Matt Robson says.

Speech to the Prison Fellowship of New Zealand conference, Matamata.

A site at Milburn, thirty-five minutes out of Dunedin has been identified as the strongest option yet for the new $100 million Otago Region Corrections Facility, Corrections Minister Matt Robson announced today.

“The issues raised by those objecting to the Northland prison site have been thoroughly considered by the Environment Court, and are at present the subject of an appeal. I ask the protestors to wait for the outcome of that appeal,” Corrections Minister Matt Robson says.

National's law and order policy is a slap in the face with a wet bus ticket, says Corrections Minister Matt Robson.

Reacting to the release today by the Justice Ministry of historical figures on inmate re-offending, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said the prison service has come a long way since then in rehabilitating and reintegrating inmates.

$10.7 million will be spent this year to strengthen prison perimeter security and $24 million over the next three years to bring prisons up to statutory health and safety standards, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said.

$1 million will be provided this year to continue two reintegrative programmes that deal with up to 140 offenders and their families each year, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said.

Kaumatua will get greater access to Maori in prison in a bid to reduce Maori re-offending.

Kaumatua will get greater access to Maori in prison in a bid to reduce Maori re-offending.

Today we put in place another piece of the jigsaw that is the government’s intelligent strategy to make our communities safer, Corrections Minister Matt Robson said today at the launch of a new initiative to help released inmates into employment and reduce the likelihood of re-offending.

“The Sentencing and Parole Bills are a line in the sand,” Corrections Minister Matt Robson says.

“Now, if a brutal and heinous crime is committed, the power exists to keep the offender in prison for life, if community safety would be compromised by release.”

The Sentencing and Parole Bills are a milestone for this coalition government.

For the first time in over a decade we are starting to get clarity in criminal justice legislation.

Corrections Minister Matt Robson is calling on the Act Party to remove its 'Truth in Sentencing' billboards following Muriel Newman's opposition to the new prison in Northland.

“Getting to young people first - before they commit a serious criminal offence is a priority for this government,” says Corrections Minister Matt Robson.