Good gang ideas from Gilbert

The Herald reports:

A new report is calling for gang members to be segregated in New Zealand prisons to combat their significant and “problematic” influence over inmates.

Sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert’s new report, The Gang Influence of New Zealand Prisons, was commissioned by Corrections and found gangs had informal control over the country’s prisons.

Gilbert told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that while Corrections still “holds the keys” in prisons, gangs have too much influence and said it was detrimental to how they were run.

Seems a very sensible idea, as it would stop gangs using prisons to recruit new members, and also allow non-gang members in prison to have better options for rehabilitation.