The Wire with Castor

Cabinet ministers are discussing changes to the Correction Act, on what mail can be sent and received by Prisoners. This comes after Corrections MInister Kelvin Davis reveals the alleged shooter of the Christchurch terror attacks sent five letters to people’s unidentified by Corrections. The letter was sent to a supporter in Russia, which was then posted on the website 4chan, popular with the alt-right, and white supremacists. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Arden says discussions included whether the current law takes into account mail being published to a wider audience or captures broad hate speech. However corrections chief executive Christine stevenson has accepted its staff could have withheld those letters under current law. 

Sherry spoke to barrister Marie Dyhrberg and People Against Prison Aotearoa’s Emilie Rakete on whether the current legislation is sufficient in stopping abusive, threatening content and hate speech being sent from prisons. 

In Board Games this week, host Olivia Holdsworth and reporter Oscar Perress talk to Kerrin Leoni and Glenda Fryer, of City Vision, about their upcoming Waitematā local board campaigns, local issues and who they are.

On the show today!

We talk Claudia Palmer of 350 Aotearoa about their current campaigns and the role of banks in endorsing the fossil fuel industry behind closed doors.

Next up, we talk to Housing First Programme Manager Fiona Hamilton and  Public Service Association national secretary Glenn Barclay about the government’s new measures being introduced to prevent homelessness.

After that, for Green Desk, Oscar talks to ecologist Dr Mike Joy about fossil fuels, his upcoming talk at AUT uni and the biophysical limits to Aotearoa's food and environmental future.

And finally for Board Games we talk to Kerrin Leoni and Glenda Fryer about their upcoming Waitematā local board campaigns.

A big thank you to all who talked to us today! 

This week on the Wire, Jemima speaks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about the 2018 census, prisoner voting rights and the green transport grant. Southern Cross is back with the latest in Pacific news. Lachlan talks to Dr Karen Webster from AUT about how central parties impact local body elections. Finally, Rahul speaks with People Against Prisons Aotearoa spokesperson, Emilie Rakete, about the Corrections Department's plan to reduce Māori offending and address over-representation.