6 Dec 2024
Two young people from govt boot camp on the run
Two young people taking part in the government's trial boot camp programme are on the run, one of them taking off while at the tangi of another participant who died in a car crash. Despite this, Oranga Tamariki is vowing to push ahead with the controversial programme, which is now in its nine-month "commummunity phase." Chief Children's Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad visited the "military style" youth offender boot camps early on in the programme and has been following the programme's progress. She spoke to Susana Lei'ataua.