Safe Homes, Not Boot Camps: Why Real Justice Begins With Housing – Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement

Safe Homes, Not Boot Camps: Why Real Justice Begins With Housing – Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement

In Aotearoa New Zealand, youth justice policy is often dominated by sensational headlines, alarmist rhetoric, and calls for punitive crackdowns. Yet a recent study from Otago University cuts through the noise and offers a radically simple insight: when young people have access to safe, stable housing, they are far less likely to come into contact with the criminal justice system. This finding, though unsurprising to anyone who understands the ro…