Simon Power Quotations

There are some pretty rotten things going on in our prisons. We've seen prisoners sleeping in vans, a big increase in smuggling contraband into prisons, we've heard the suggestion that criminals should be prison guards, seen budgets blown and prisoners accessing violent movies.

Movies rated 'R' are supposed to be banned, yet there are hundreds of them on the list.

National has been saying for some time that the parole system lacks credibility and is not working.

They should not be compromised just so the Government can trumpet about police numbers.

It's almost bizarre that the Corrections Department, itself an arm of the government, didn't factor in the extra costs from changes to the Holiday' Act.