Local documentary, Real Crime: Crime And Punishment, takes a look at New Zealand's increasing use of prison as a response to crime through interviews with ex-prisoners; people working with them; and people working to keep young people out of the prison system (tonight at 9.30pm on TV ONE). Director John Bates says the underlying question for Crime And Punishment is a simple one: do prison's work? But the answer is more complex, and with high recidivism featuring in jurisdictions around the world, it has become apparent that imprisonment is a very limited tool in the fight against crime
TV ONE's local Real Crime documentary, The Worst Offenders - Can They Change?, takes a look at child sex offenders (tonight at 9.30pm on TV ONE). Their crimes are so abhorrent that most people would prefer to lock the perpetrators out of sight, out of mind. But a groundbreaking programme at Christchurch's Rolleston Prison is proving there is a better way.
TV ONE's local Real Crime documentary, The Truth About Us, looks at one of New Zealand's most difficult issues - child abuse (tonight at 9.30pm). The abuse and murder of three-year-old Nia Glassie shocked New Zealand, and the perpetrators were convicted. But what if there's another story that's been left untold; another truth behind what played out in the weeks and months leading up to that day. Could there be a plausible explanation as to why and how the young men could commit such a crime?