(File photo)A Government strategy to reduce New Zealand’s prison population has seen it fall by 18 per cent in two years. New Zealand’s prisoner population currently sits at 8993, which is 1542 fewer inmates than before Labour clinched the 2017 general election. READ MORE:* Cannabis referendum: A snapshot of MPs' views* Prison population increases past 10,000 inmates* The big political countdown is on - are you ready? Prior to this, the prison population rose consistently between 2000 and 2018, with the drop over the last year the largest in over two decades. (File photo)Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis said the Government has been safely reducing the prison population, without changing any rules or lowering any thresholds.

Source: Stuff November 21, 2020 02:37 UTC