Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury
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The Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury is an organisation based in Christchurch
, New Zealand that lobbies for prison reform
. It is based on the British Howard League for Penal Reform
.
It was active in Christchurch from 1924 to 1974 and was relaunched in February 1998 to work on reform of the penal system
.
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand that lobbies for prison reform
Prison reform
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system.-History:Prisons have only been used as the primary punishment for criminal acts in the last couple of centuries...
. It is based on the British Howard League for Penal Reform
Howard League for Penal Reform
The Howard League for Penal Reform is a London-based registered charity in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest penal reform organisation in the world, named after John Howard. Founded in 1866 as the Howard Association, a merger with the Penal Reform League in 1921 created the Howard League for...
.
It was active in Christchurch from 1924 to 1974 and was relaunched in February 1998 to work on reform of the penal system
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
.