In Australia this month, grieving father Danny Abdallah sat face-to-face in prison with Samuel Davidson, the man who killed his children in the Oatlands crash. Through Corrective Services NSW’s restorative justice program, Abdallah was able to forgive, ask difficult questions, and begin healing. Davidson, in turn, expressed deep remorse and a commitment to change.

This is what justice can look like: accountability, humanity, and hope for rehabilitation.

🔒 But in New Zealand, Corrections takes the opposite approach. Under harsh regimes like PERD, PERU, and TNOC, inmates are:

Isolated for long periods

Cut off from families and community contact
Given no opportunity to demonstrate growth or remorse
Managed in secrecy, with no transparency or real oversight

These regimes strip away any chance to correct mistakes, leaving prisoners and families trapped in trauma rather than moving toward healing.

If Australia can show the world how restorative justice helps both victims and offenders, why is New Zealand doubling down on failed punitive systems that destroy rehabilitation?

It’s time for change.

It’s time for accountability, transparency, and real justice.

👉 Please share and sign this petition so together we can stop the expansion of PERD, PERU, and TNOC, and demand a system that values rehabilitation and human dignity.