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David Seymour and Minister for Children Karen Chhour look at the type of shoes that airmen will be given at the new military academy. Photo/Rachel Helyer-Donaldson, RNZ
Children’s Minister Karen Chhour has set out plans for the government’s first militarised academy for young offenders, which is due to open on Monday.
Joel was speaking at Te Au rere a te Tonga Youth Justice Centre in Palmerston North, which will serve as the pilot site, and said the 10 young offenders would spend the first three months of the 12-month program at the centre.
Emphasis will be placed on: structure and routine; dealing with criminal behaviour; physical activity; education and vocational training; job preparation and employment; and the specific rehabilitation, therapeutic and cultural components required of each young person. Each young person will also have a permanent mentor throughout the process.
The 10 young people selected were from the country’s youth justice institutions and had been sentenced to at least 10 years’ imprisonment for two crimes – the criteria for the category of serious young offenders that the government sought to write into legislation.
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