Prisoners could see reduced sentencing with literacy rewards

The Act Party announced a policy of rewarding self-improvement in prison at their conference in the weekend. The policy is designed to give prisoners the opportunity to gain literacy and numeracy skills, which will reduce their prison sentence as well as help give them a better chance when they are released from prison. However the policy has been critiqued by some, who say it only will be applicable to a small portion of the prison community, and also that’s counterintuitive to ACT’s punitive three strikes polic. 95bFM reporter, Tess Barnett, speaks with ACT Party leader David Seymour about the policy.