The Opportunities Party wants to spend money on things proven to lower crime rather than just locking people up. They would fund courts and probation to cut the number of people held on remand, treat drug use as a health issue rather than a crime, help prisoners deal with family violence trauma, raise the youth court age to 25, and expand drug and mental health court programmes.
“It costs all of us more than $150,000 a year to house a prisoner. For context, we spend about $9,000 educating a child for a year.”
“De-criminalise drug possession (but not supply) and shift to a health-led response to drug issues.”
“The safest thing a prison can do is send someone home who doesn't come back.”
Summarised neutrally from The Opportunities Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-07) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Crime & Justice →
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