Creating Lasting Change: Reducing Reoffending by 25%: 2017 “The One Team Approach”

1. Creating Lasting Change: Reducing Reoffending by 25%: 2017 “The One Team Approach” PACCOA October 2013

2. VisionTo create lasting change by breaking the cycle of re-offending Goal Reducing re-offending by 25% by 2017 = 4,600 fewer offenders = 18,500 fewer victims 11.6% achieved so far Public safety will always be our bottom line

3. BACKGROUND • Background • Community Probation Change Programme • Restructure -Unifying our efforts • The One Team Approach • Creating Lasting Change • Better Public Services

4. Our Priorities Improving Public Safety Reducing Re-offending Better Public Value Visible Leadership

5. facts about offenders • The majority of offenders: • are in the community (82%) • are male (80% of community offenders, 94% of prisoners) • are under 35 (63% of community offenders, 54% of prisoners) • have a drug or alcohol problem (66%) • are unemployed (60%) • 70% of prisoners have difficulty reading and writing • 23,000 children in New Zealand have a parent in prison; seven times more likely to end up in prison • Community Work provides 3 million hours of labour each year • 109 people monitored by GPS * within 12 months of release or sentence

6. 10 facts about Corrections 1838 – first jails in New Zealand 1886 – community probation introduced 1995 – Department of Corrections established Today 8,602 people will have lunch in a prison cell Each week we manage 35,000 people in the community 8,000 staff – 17th largest organisation in NZ 55,000 reports a year to Courts and Parole Board 17 prisons, 1 contract-managed and 1 PPP in Wiri (NZ’s biggest building development) 126 probation sites $1.2 billion operating budget

7. What we know People with education and training, who are in work, are less likely to offend. Re-offending is reduced when people: • address the issues behind their offending, e.g. drug and alcohol treatment, domestic violence programmes • learn better life skills and trade experience that employers value, e.g. Offenders have provided 65,000 hours of labour toward the Christchurch re-build • engage with whānau to change behaviour and reintegrate into the community

8. Breaking the cycle of crime New Therapeutic Model in Māori Focus Units Individual rehab plans Alcohol and drug treatment Anti-violence programmes GPS tracking Tackling gang membership Special Treatment Units, Kia Marama, Mothers and babies Addressing health Issues, e.g. High Dependency Unit Out of Gate Education - literacy and numeracy, NCEA accreditation Job Club Basic Work and Living Skills Working prisons Joining Forces with Police Release to Work Partnering with iwi and community groups Youth Action Plan Skills and employment training Engaging with work-brokers and employers to provide jobs

9. Some highlights of working in a different way • Job Club • CW a pathway to employment/training • Brief interventions delivered by Probation staff • Better Public Services – “The Hutt Valley Initiative” • To date 11.6 % reduction in reoffending • Thank You