Rehabilitation

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Smee is back in the sea - a green turtle that spent almost a year in rehab after being accidently hooked on a fishing line has been returned to the wild.

The turtle - named after Captain Hook's best… Video, Audio

A controversial gang-led drug rehab project funded by seized proceeds of crime was back in the news recently, thanks to headlines that highlighted the proportion of participants relapsing. That… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

The Detail looks at what happens when sex offenders go to rehabilitation - does it work? Audio

An innovative meth harm reduction programme is transforming lives in Northland - why hasn't it been rolled out across the country yet? Audio

It's very easy to view people who commit criminal offences as "moral strangers", says Professor Tony Ward, but we all have the same innate human needs. Audio

It was supposed to be a routine mountain bike outing - but for Andrew Leslie, the day ended up anything but. He was riding Wellington's Makara Peak last year on a trail he'd done before, but failed to… Audio

Dr. Steven Wolf is the current president of the American Burn Association and has extensive experience with severe burn victims. He offers some insight into the recovery process for those burn victims… Audio

It's taken more than a year of challenging ACC for Auckland paraplegic, Sally Wenley to get the organisation to reinstate her gym membership and agree that she should be entitled to ongoing… Audio

Raphael Rowe spent 12 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, and now he's heading back to prison in his role as the host of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons. Video, Audio

Parole- that intermediate step between prison and freedom- doesn't get much interest or positive coverage in the mainstream press. In the northeastern US state of New Hampshire, about half of all… Audio

Valerie Mason-John had the odds stacked against her from the moment her mother abandoned her as an infant. Her upbringing in foster homes and orphanages lead to a life of addiction, crime, eating… Audio

Professor Tracey McIntosh says many inmates, particularly women, are going straight from state care to state prisons. Her research on incarceration of mainly Maori has shown a distinct pattern of… Audio

Nearly a third of former prisoners go back to jail within their first year after release. Leigh-Marama McLachlan explores why so many Māori prisoners end up back inside. Video, Audio

A former member of the Parole Board says figures showing only one in five parole hearings result in release, are an indictment on the corrections system. Figures released to Nine to Noon by the… Audio

Despite addiction often being tied up with other mental health problems, treatment tends to be separate and siloed - and aimed primarily at men - author, journalist and former addict Jenny Valentish… Audio

Wellington company Swibo is making physiotherapy exercises more interesting using video games, mobile phones and balance boards. Video, Audio