Roger Brooking
AA statistics on drug driving incorrect - specialist
A drug and alcohol counsellor says reports last year that deaths caused by drug driving had overtaken the drink driving toll were wrong. Roger Brooking says the reports were based on figures published… Audio
No to new prisons
The Prime Minister's chief science advisor Peter Gluckman says building new prisons is not the answer to fighting crime. Prison reform advocate Roger Brooking says our justice system actually… Audio
Only nine beds nationwide for most extreme addicts
A new law has come into force enabling the compulsory treatment of some of the most extreme alcohol and drug addicted patients, but only nine beds are funded for the whole country - all of them in… Audio
Mental health inquiry a long time coming - sector responds
People working in the mental health sector welcome an inquiry, but say it will 'mean nothing' if it's not well resourced. Audio
Eight years to get into drug rehabilitation
ADAC clinical manager Roger Brooking says it's incredibly difficult for people to access to rehabilitation services. It would take some people eight years to get into one centre he is aware of. Audio
TOP to halve prison population
The Opportunities Party aims to halve the prison population in a decade. We ask Roger Brooking if they're dreaming. Audio
Corrections slammed for failures which led to double bunk rape
Criminology researcher and prison counsellor Roger Brooking says Corrections has been less than forthcoming on problems of sexual assaults in prisons. Video, Audio
New Zealand's use of restraint practices lambasted
The report called 'Thinking Outside The Box' found prisoners in New Zealand were four times more likely to be secluded than prisoners in England and Wales while Maori and women were the most likely… Audio
Corrections chief Ray Smith defends dept after restraint
"Mistakes were made. It's needed to be discontinued but I do understand why it was being done. We were trying to keep him alive." Corrections chief executive Ray Smith discusses what went wrong that… Audio
Corrections drug counsellors "underqualified"
Last year RNZ revealed that the Correction Department's provider of drug counselling, Care NZ, was being funded for non-existent drug counsellors. Now Corrections has put Care NZ's contract up for… Audio
Compulsory drug treatment bill under fire
Doctors and human rights advocates are lining up to condemn aspects of a new bill which would let doctors order patients to undergo compulsory treatment for drug an alcohol addiction. Nine to Noon… Audio
Prison population
Roger Brooking of the Howard League for Penal Reform discusses whether a New Plymouth judge is right in saying the government's encouraging non-imprisonment of offenders. Audio
The Panel with Josie McNaught and Penny Ashton (Part 1)
What the Panelists Josie McNaught and Penny Ashton have been up to. Roger Brooking of the Howard League for Penal Reform discusses whether a New Plymouth judge is right in saying the government's… Audio
SERCO Mt Eden contract not renewed
Roger Brooking of the Howard League for Penal reform discusses SERCO's contract to run Mt Eden remand prison not being renewed. Audio
Mental health patients let down by Corrections-Counsellor
A drug and alcohol counsellor says it is incredibly difficult for prison inmates to get the medication they need, and even more difficult to get it regularly and at the correct intervals. Audio
Serco vs state prisons
Good at winning contracts, bad at running services. That's one of the overseas observations about how Serco runs prisons. Roger Brooking of the Howard League for Penal Reform joins the Panel to… Audio
Davis complainant going back to police
The man who laid the first complaints over prisoner Jai Davis's death is promising to keep up the pressure despite police saying today they won't prosecute anyone. Audio
Man who orignally complained over Jai Davis' death reacts to coroner's inquest
The man who campaigned for accountability over the death of an inmate from a drug overdose says charges must be laid to avoid the same thing happening again. Audio
IPCA to investigate John Banks
The police will be independently investigated for NOT prosecuting John Banks who quit as an MP last week. Audio
Calls to make alcohol interlocks mandatory
Mike Noon is the General Manager of the AA Motoring Affairs, and Roger Brooking is the Director of the Drink Driving Intervention Trust. They discuss calls to make alcohol interlocks mandatory for… Audio