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Talofa lava, Ni sa bula vinika, Kia Orana, Malo e lelei, Taloha ni, Halo ola keta, Fakaalofa lahi at, Kia ora tatou

I am delighted to be here today to launch the Department of Corrections Pacific Strategy 2005-2008.

The new Northland corrections facility has good community support, will provide jobs for local people, boost the regional economy. More should be done to head off the causes of crime and to ensure that inmates when released don't return

Reintegration Coordinator project Launch
Rimutaka Prison
26 November 2004

Good afternoon. Thank you for coming here today for the launch of an important project designed to improve reintegration of ex-inmates into the community.

Corrections Minister Paul Swain has issued a challenge to help improve the rate of re-offending by former prison inmates

Greetings to you all and especially to:… Area Manager Gill Hood; Service Manager Jane Hurdle; Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy; Orongomai Marae and invited representatives from community groups that assist Upper Hutt Community Probation Service.

For many years successive Governments have grappled with what to do with young people who commit offences. We have all heard the media reports about the number of New Zealand youth who are ‘out of control’.

Corrections Minister Paul Swain spoke at the Parole Board Conference on legislative and policy issues, and on reintegration services

These long service awards acknowledge the valuable contribution made by corrections officers to New Zealand's prisons. The medals are issued by Royal Warrant and are engraved with each officer's name.

The New Plymouth Service Centre is an example of the Community Probation Service's co-location project.

Greetings to Hawkes Bay Prison staff and management, in particular to the nine officers who we are honouring today with long service medals.

Today is an important date not only for the Public Prisons Service as it launches its recruitment campaign; it is also the first opportunity for me as the new Minister of Corrections to outline my views on what's ahead in the portfolio.

I have been Minister of Corrections for almost 3 months. The priorities I bring to the portfolio are keeping the community safe, and reducing reoffending.