Simon Power's figures show that of the 7,612 prisoners only 19\% (1,470) of them took part in Corrections Inmate Employment during 2006. But in 2005 it was at 23\% and in 2004 it was at 26\%. He says that the prisons with the least amount of inmates working are: Rolleston with 8.6\%, Mount Eden with 8.7\%, Rimutaka with 11\%, Christchurch Women's with 13.5\% and Dunedin with 13.8\%. Mr Power said: "These figures are an appalling indictment on this Government ’ s approach to prisoner rehabilitation and preparing them for release." "In May, Corrections Minister Damien O ’ Connor announced a strategy that he said would help in ‘significantly increasing the number of prisoners in work and training. But a week later this was shown to be nothing more than window dressing when the Budget increased funding for prisoner employment by a measly $336,000 – up 1\%."
Simon Power's figures show that of the 7,612 prisoners only 19\% (1,470) of them took part in Corrections Inmate Employment during 2006. But in 2005 it was at 23\% and in 2004 it was at 26\%. He says that the prisons with the least amount of inmates working are: Rolleston with 8.6\%, Mount Eden with 8.7\%, Rimutaka with 11\%, Christchurch Women's with 13.5\% and Dunedin with 13.8\%. Mr Power said: "These figures are an appalling indictment on this Government ' s approach to prisoner rehabilitation and preparing them for release." "In May, Corrections Minister Damien O ' Connor announced a strategy that he said would help in ‘significantly increasing the number of prisoners in work and training. But a week later this was shown to be nothing more than window dressing when the Budget increased funding for prisoner employment by a measly $336,000 – up 1\%."
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