Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Interesting op-ed from The Conversation by Chris Gledhill, Professor of Law at Auckland University of Technology.  It's about the Government's new gang legislation and argues that the changes that are being made in some last-minute ones could impinge on the Bill of Rights, and it makes some good points.  It says people join gangs for various reasons for some it's a matter of family connections, for others gang membership may arise from being marginalised from society.  The Royal Commission on Abuse and Care highlighted that abuse was also a pathway into gang membership, and in 2018 a report highlighted that imprisonment feeds gang recruitment. So, you don't have a choice?  If you are poor, if you have family in a gang, if you went to jail and they recruited you in jail, that's on society, not on you. You don't have a choice in the matter?  It's a crucial part of the puzzle because it sets up the entire system of response to dealing with the problem.  If you're not responsible or capable of saying no to a gang