26/07/2026
Why can’t we take all of the decades of evidence and address the roof cause of the negative social issues that affect our county?
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Could we take all the evidence, the facts, the research and actually address the cause of incarceration?
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Can we do this at a government level.?
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Why are we still just punishing people for being disabled, sick, dying, poor, traumatised or abused ?
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We see other countries address economic planning with a lens of equality and they improve outcomes a cross all p***c sectors.
Thus reducing the strain on public resources and improving economy.
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Consider this real life example…
a little girl living in an environment suffering abuse that is designed to destroy little girls. You know what I mean.
She goes to school but she is hungry, there is no food at home, she is tired, she never sleeps properly in fear of that danger that comes in the night. She hasn’t had a bath for over a week, doesn’t own a hair brush and her clothing is dirty and ragged, the other students bully her because she is an easy victim.
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How is she to learn? How is she to get an education? How will she ever get a decent job?
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That little girl shop lifts, she steals shoes from doorsteps and clothing from people’s washing lines.
She sneaks into the back of supermarket loading areas and steals food, she breaks into people’s garages and cars for food and clothing.
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She is breaking the law, how should she be punished ?
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Many adults know what is happening for her, some harm her, some gossip about it and others can see enough to guess what is going on?
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If you knew or suspected what was happening what would you do?
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The Facts tell us that as you read this there are tens of thousands of little boys and girls living in situations like this and many people know.
And as communities and a country we are not doing enough to make it change 😳
So what can you do as just one person?
❤️ We do what we can, we step up
❤️ We donate, money, food or goods
❤️ We volunteer in our communities
❤️ We speak up when we see it
❤️ We refuse to keep secrets
❤️ We vote for it
❤️ We sign the petitions or create them
❤️ We make ending abuse and injustice more important than debates designed to divide us.
New Zealand and Scotland have a similar population size, but while our youth prison population hovers around 130 to 160, Scotland's is currently zero. It's an incredible feat given Glasgow was dubbed the murder capital of Europe by the WHO. It's all thanks to the country's Violence Reduction Unit, w...