Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 10:44 am Article: Werewolf
Werewolf Edition 17 Is Now
Available
Profiteering From Prisons (&
Hobbits)
From Werewolf Editor Gordon
Campbell
Hi and welcome to
the 17th issue of Werewolf. Last year, Chief Justice Sian
Elias argued in a major speech that our current punitive
attitudes to crime are no longer socially or economically
sustainable, and are not making us feel any safer, either.
As Rory MacKinnon points out in this month’s cover story, even
liberals tend to take for granted that private prisons can
be built and run more cheaply – but as Rory demonstrates
in the evidence for that belief is thin to
non-existent. On principle, not only should the state
retain the task of building and managing prisons, but it can
also do the job just as efficiently, or better - though it
would be even better advised not to pursue such a punitive,
prison-focussed corrections system in the first
place.
Werewolf has
been created as a showcase for writers and cartoonists, and
serves as a small thank you for Scoop readers and
supporters. If you want to be past of it, feel free to contact
editor Gordon Campbell and talk over story ideas.
Thanks again this month to Alastair Thompson for help with
the layout and the posting
online.
Profiteering from Prisons
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/profiteering-from-prisons/
On the global evidence, private prisons are
no more efficient, and are no less expensive for the
taxpayer by Rory MacKinnon
Lady in Waiting
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/lady-in-waiting/
Helen Clark’s chances of becoming the next
UN Secretary-General by Gordon Campbell
Saint Australia
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/saving-a-nation-of-sinners/
The blessings of the Lucky Country now
extend to the afterlife by Gordon Campbell
Obama faces the mid-terms
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/obama-faces-the-mid-terms/
Why voters are looking elsewhere for change
they can believe in by James Robinson
Robbing the Vote
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/09/robbing-the-vote/
Why the current plan to take the right to
vote away from prisoners is a terrible idea by Gordon
Campbell
Left Coasting : Fail Marks for the Smart
Grid
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/left-coasting-fail-marks-for-the-smart-grid/
What’s so smart about corporate energy’s
transition to smart meters? by Rosalea Barker
Classics : The Owl Service
(1967)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/classics-the-owl-service-1967/
The owls are not what they seem, but the
English stay true to type by Gordon Campbell
Milestone Movies : Deep Throat
(1972)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/milestone-movies-deep-throat-1972/
From Linda Lovelace to Julia Roberts – its
not such a long way, baby by Brannavan
Gnanlingham
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #17…
Gordon Campbell
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/cartoon-alley-reviews-and-commentary-17-gordon-campbell/
My favourite cartoon (this month) : Winsor
McKay’s black and white cartoons by Gordon
Campbell
Cartoon Alley
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/10/werewolf-cartoon-alley/
Reviews, commentary and comics from local
artists by Werewolf
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