Christopher Luxon fine-tuning the boot camps model. This would see the estimated number of young offenders jump from 60 to 102 per year, creating a $16.5m shortfall. What went wrong with the last boot campsThere are many lessons from the past, both here and overseas: a 2022 international paper said boot camps were “not effective at reducing recidivism”, while a 2018 New Zealand paper said boot camps “do not work”. Hardline boot camps might even make matters worse, given how most of the participants are likely to be neurodivergent. The previous National-led Government brought back boot camps in 2010, but within a few years reoffending rates within 12 months were more than 80%.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 13, 2024 16:07 UTC