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List of prisons in New Zealand
There are eighteen adult correctional facilities (prisons) in New Zealand. Three prisons house female offenders, one each in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The remaining fifteen house male offenders; ten in the North Island and five in the South Island. In addition, there are four youth correctional facilities, termed youth justice residences. The facilities are managed by the Department of Corrections.
There are five security levels in New Zealand adult prisons: Minimum, Low, Low-Medium, High and Maximum.
In 2018 North & South magazine published a long-form article which included data on New Zealand prison inmate populations by Paul Little titled The Case for Closing Prisons.[1]
List of prisons
|Northland Region Corrections Facility
|near Kaikohe, Northland
|Minimum to High
|Auckland Prison
|Paremoremo, Auckland
|Minimum to Maximum
|Mount Eden Corrections Facility
|Mount Eden, Auckland
|Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility
|Wiri, Auckland
|Minimum to Maximum
|Auckland South Corrections Facility
|Wiri, Auckland
|Minimum to High
|Spring Hill Corrections Facility
|Hampton Downs, Waikato
|Minimum to High
|Waikeria Prison
|south of Te Awamutu, Waikato
|Minimum to High
|Tongariro/Rangipo Prison
|near Turangi, Waikato
|Minimum to Low-medium
|Hawke's Bay Regional Prison
|south-west of Hastings
|Minimum to High
|Whanganui Prison
|Kaitoke, south of Wanganui
|Minimum to High
|Manawatu Prison
|Linton, south-west of Palmerston North
|Minimum to High
|Rimutaka Prison
|Trentham, Upper Hutt
|Minimum to High
|Arohata Prison
|Tawa, Wellington
|Minimum to High
|Christchurch Men's Prison
|near Templeton, Christchurch
|Minimum to High
|Christchurch Women's Prison
|near Templeton, Christchurch
|Minimum to High
|Rolleston Prison
|near Rolleston, Canterbury
|Minimum to Low-medium
|Otago Corrections Facility
|north of Milton, Otago
|Minimum to High
|Invercargill Prison
|Minimum to Low-medium
Northern Region
Northland Region Corrections Facility (Ngawha)
Northland Region Corrections Facility is located 5 km northeast of the town of Kaikohe and is colloquially known as Ngawha - after the local area. Maori in Northland tried to persuade the Corrections Department not to upset a local taniwha by building the prison on thermal land. They were unsuccessful and the facility opened in 2005. Following completion, the foundations proved to be unstable. In 2007, the Government admitted the prison was sinking into the ground and required repairs. It ended up costing $137 million, which was $100 million more than the original project estimate.[19]
The prison accommodates up to 548 prisoners with security classifications ranging from minimum to high-medium and employs 180 staff.[2]
Auckland Prison (Paremoremo)
Auckland Prison is located on Paremoremo Rd on Auckland's North Shore - hence the name Paremoremo Prison.[20] It contains New Zealand's only specialist maximum-security prison unit and houses some of the most violent criminals in the country. The prison opened in 1968 and contains up to 681 prisoners though in 2010, only about 90 were classified as maximum security.[20] It has a staff of 225. The first female corrections officers started working at the prison in 1987 and women now make up 14% of staff.[21]
Paremoremo has a 60-bed treatment unit for child sex offenders called Te Piriti and a Special Needs Unit. In November 2011, a new Drug Treatment Unit (DTU) was established at the prison with clinical staff coming from Odyssey House. The DTU houses up to 48 prisoners at a time and provides an intensive 12-week programme targeted at prisoners serving sentences of between four and twelve months.[22]
In November 2018 North & South magazine published an inmate's account of life inside Paremoremo.[23]
Mount Eden Corrections Facility
There has been a prison on the Mount Eden site in Auckland since 1856. The first building was made of timber and was known as the Stockade. A new stone building opened in 1865 although the stone wall that surrounds the prison was not finished until the mid-1870s - using prison labour. The Victorian stone building with its high towers and thick stone perimeter wall is still a recognisable Auckland landmark.[24]
Even as Mt Eden Prison was being built, calls were made for it to be closed. Changing views about prison incarceration during the early 1900s led the then Minister of Justice to declare the facility to be obsolete. By 1945 public calls were being made for the prison to be demolished but demolition plans were postponed in 1953 due to a shortage of funds. In 1965 a prison-wide riot broke out following a failed mass breakout attempt. Prisoners lit fires that quickly spread along the roof, fuelled with fat, oil, furniture and prisoners' personal effects. By the time prisoners surrendered 34 hours later, little remained of the original prison other than its exterior stone shell. The kitchen, the chapel, the watch house and 61 cells were destroyed and the prison roof suffered extensive damage. Due to a shortage of alternative accommodation, the prison was gradually rebuilt as a temporary measure, but much of it was not restored to its original condition.[24]
The old Mount Eden Prison used to hold about 420 prisoners and was squalid, substandard and unsafe. In 2004 the Department acknowledged the prison "falls well-short of the basic requirements for a modern corrections facility";[25] a New Zealand Herald editorial described it as an "antiquated pile beyond redemption as a suitable place to incarcerate humans".[26] The 120-year-old prison was closed in 2011. Although it no longer houses inmates, the building has a 'category one' classification from Heritage New Zealand due to its historical significance and architectural quality.[27] The building was to be restored and converted for staff and administration use for the new prison completed on the same site.
The $40 million Auckland Central Remand Prison (ACRP), housing about 250 remand inmates, opened in July 2000, next to the old prison.[28] It became the main reception prison for newly remanded male prisoners in the Auckland region. ACRP was the first prison in New Zealand to be administered by a private company. It was run by an Australian company, GEO Group. Five years later (2005), ACRP was returned to state operation by a Labour government.[29]
A major project to redevelop the site and create another facility began in 2008. New accommodation blocks and support facilities were constructed at a cost of $216 million.[30] The prison was renamed the Mt Eden Corrections Facility (MECF) and now holds 966 prisoners. It opened on 30 March 2011.[31]
In May 2010, the National Government decided that the prison would be privatised once again and British conglomerate, Serco, was awarded the contract.[32] Five years later (July 2015) videos appeared online showing gang members fighting inside MECF. Allegations were made that there was an organised 'fight club' and that prisoners were filming the fights on cell phones and posting them on social media.[33] Following an investigation, the Corrections Department stepped in to take over day-to-day management of the prison and then in December, the Government announced that Serco's contract would not be renewed in March 2017.[34]
In 2019 North & South magazine published the story of Pasimaca Osment, who in 1991 became one of the first female prison officers in New Zealand to work in a maximum-security jail. The piece describes her experiences at Mt Eden Corrections Facility, Spring Hill Corrections Facility and Paremoremo.[35]
Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF)
The Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility is in the Wiri suburb of Manukau City. The site is 47 ha in size, of which only 13 ha are currently covered by the prison, leaving considerable room for expansion.[36] With so much space available, in 2011 it became the proposed site for a new $900 million 960-bed men's prison which is due to be built by 2015 and operated by British conglomerate Serco.[37] This will make the suburb of Wiri the country's biggest prison precinct.[38]
The women's prison opened in 2006 and was the second of four new prisons constructed as part of the Department's Regional Prisons Development Project. The original plan was for only 150 beds but a 20 per cent hike in the number of women being sent to prison led to a significant expansion.[39] Despite the increase, women still make up only 6% of the prison population.[40] ARWCF now houses up to 456 prisoners and as a result of the increase, the cost blew out from an estimated $58 million to $158 million.[41]
ARWCF is the first purpose-built women's prison in New Zealand.[42] It has one high security Management Unit with 24 beds, two high-medium security units, one for sentenced and one for remand prisoners, each with 90 beds and a 32-bed assessment unit. Many cells can accommodate two prisoners through double bunking.[43] Until it was built, female prisoners have mostly had to serve their sentences at women's prisons in Wellington and Christchurch.[44]
The prison has a specialist unit for mothers with babies - known as the baby bonding unit.[45] Prisoners with babies aged under nine months being cared for in the community are permitted daily visits in secure, purpose-built facilities where they can feed and bond with their child. These facilities replicate a domestic lounge setting with a bathroom, kitchenette and sleeping room for the baby. There is also an external courtyard. This allows a mother to spend up to 12 hours a day with her baby. It also allows the baby to bond with the caregiver raising the child while the mother serves her sentence.
The prison also provides the Kowhiritanga ('Making Choices') Programme. This rehabilitation programme is designed to address the particular needs of female prisoners – many of whom have suffered sexual abuse during childhood and in their current relationships. Auckland University sociologist Dr Tracey McIntosh, says virtually all Maori women in prisons have been physically or sexually abused - and were excluded from school by the age of 13.[46] The Making Choices programme uses cognitive-behavioural therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, group psychotherapy, recreational psychology and a narrative approach to therapy.[45]
In 2010 it was reported that eight prisoners at Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility are training dogs as part of the Puppies in Prison programme. The puppies are being trained by low security prisoners to help people in the community living with disabilities. The puppies help prepare the prisoners for life outside prison as well as learning around 90 tasks to help their future owners. They live with the women in self care units at the prison and even attend rehabilitation and education programmes with them.[47] The puppies spend a year with the prisoners, before returning to the community for advanced training.[48]
Auckland South Corrections Facility
In 2010 Corrections Minister, Judith Collins said an additional 2270 prison beds would be needed by 2019 to cope with forecast growth in prisoner numbers and to replace aging existing prisons.[49] In response, the Government announced that the Department of Corrections proposed the establishment of a new men's prison with 1060 beds on undeveloped land adjacent to the Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility at 20 Hautu Drive, Wiri, Manukau City.[50]
Environment Minister Nick Smith established a board of inquiry to fast-track the building of the new prison allowing it to bypass the usual resource consents process which is subject to appeals in the Environment Court.[51] After a three-week hearing in May 2011, the inquiry gave Corrections the go ahead to build the prison. A few months later, justice sector forecasts showed a drop in the projected prison population - for the first time ever.[52] Prime Minister John Key then commented that the new prison at Wiri may no longer be needed but also said it might still be built so that 'older prisons may be retired'.[53]
The contract to build and manage a new 960-bed prison was eventually award to Serco in 2012. It provided stiff financial penalties if its rehabilitation programmes fail to reduce reoffending by 10% more than the Corrections Department programmes.[54] The Auckland South Corrections Facility was opened on 8 May 2015.[55][56] The contract to operate the prison ends in 2040.[57]
Spring Hill Corrections Facility
Spring Hill Corrections Facility is in the countryside between Meremere and Te Kauwhata, in the Waikato. It opened in 2007 and was the last of four new facilities built as part of the Regional Prisons Development Project. It accommodates up to 1,018 male prisoners with low to high-medium security classifications.[58] In the course of construction, the cost of the prison escalated to $380.3 million (at $600,000 a bed),[59] $97.7 million over its original estimate.[60]
The Department made the unusual step of spending $7.5 million buying and shipping earthmoving equipment from overseas to complete the prison. It says it was caught short by the national building boom and was unable to find the equipment in New Zealand. The Department bought eleven 40-tonne all-terrain dump trucks from Scotland, five compactors from America and France and two excavators from South Korea.[61] When Otago's new Milton prison also cost $43.1 million more than the Department had forecast, Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor subsequently asked Treasury and the State Services Commission (SSC) to carry out an independent review of prison cost blowouts.[60]
Springhill has New Zealand's only Pacific Focus Unit, which provides an environment where prisoners of Pacific ethnicity with a high risk of re-offending are encouraged to address their offending behaviours. Spring Hill also has a combined drug treatment and special treatment unit called Puna Tatari. The special treatment unit provides treatment for serious offenders with a high risk of re-offending who have been convicted of at least one violent offence.
Spring Hill was also the scene of the manslaughter of prison officer Jason Palmer. This was the first death of a New Zealand prison officer on active duty.[62]
Central region
Waikeria Prison
Waikeria Prison is located 16 kilometres south of Te Awamutu, at Waikeria in the Waikato region. It was built in 1911 and held 1031 prisoners and employed 480 staff. It used to be New Zealand's largest prison. However, in 2012, the Government announced that some older prisons would close including units at Waikeria.[63]
The prison includes several specialist units. It has one of the five Māori Focus Units in New Zealand prisons. The Māori Focus Units aim to bring about positive changes in offenders' thinking and behaviour through the practice of Māori values and disciplines, and specialist Māori programmes. Waikeria also has a Drug Treatment Unit for prisoners with drug or alcohol problems and a Special Treatment Unit (Karaka Special Treatment Unit) which is a 40-bed treatment unit for men who have repeatedly committed serious crimes and are considered to have a high risk of re-offending.[64]
Because Waikeria Prison is a large site, the level of physical security varies between different units. The minimum security areas of the prison have fewer physical security feature because minimum security prisoners have been assessed as a minimal risk to the public. Higher security units are surrounded by a highly secure perimeter fence equipped with lighting, surveillance and detection equipment.[65]
Tongariro/Rangipo Prison
Tongariro/Rangipo Prison began as a prison camp called Hautu in Turangi in 1922. The prison site was established in 1926, and became a separate entity in 1977.[66] The prison is on a large site of more than 8,000 hectares off the Desert Road near Turangi. Around 4200 hectares of this land is forested and 2400 hectares is farmed. The remaining 1840 hectares are roads, river reserves, wetlands and native forest. The prison holds about 600 prisoners classified as minimum to low-medium security and 251 staff. Given its size, the Department says it is not possible to surround the Tongariro/Rangipo Prison site with razor wire fencing but units within the prison grounds are said to be appropriately fenced.[67] In 1998, 204 cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of almost $1 million, were found growing at the prison - although the Department denies the crop was grown by prisoners.[68] In July 2011, a former Rangipo Prison guard Manu Stanley Jensen, was sentenced to 16 months in jail after accepting a bribe to supply cannabis to a prisoner.[69]
Tongariro/Rangipo has one of the five Māori Focus Units in New Zealand prisons. The Māori Focus Units aim to bring about positive changes in offenders' thinking and behaviour through the practice of Māori values and disciplines, and specialist Māori programmes. The prison also has a strong relationship with local iwi and a special relationship with the surrounding hapu - Ngati Turamakina, Ngāti Tūrangitukua, Ngati Rongomai and Ngati Hine. Representatives of the hapu meet bi-monthly with the Prison Manager.[66] In 2000, a 25-year-old prisoner Aupai Bruce Tohu drowned after the waka he was on capsized in choppy weather while taking part in a Maori cultural training course. Two years earlier, Rangipo prisoner Matthew Neave, aged 30, also drowned after parachuting into Lake Taupo.[70]
In 2001, the health and safety coordinator for the Corrections Association, Brian Davies, issued a report claiming that the use of buckets as toilets was unhygienic and disgusting both for prisoners and guards. The report said this and other issues were among urgent problems that need fixing in rundown prisons - and cited Rangipo prison as one of the worst offenders.[71] When Corrections Minister Anne Tolley announced prison closures in 2012, some units at Rangipo were included in this announcement.[72]
Hawke's Bay Regional Prison
Hawke's Bay Regional Prison, originally called Mangaroa, is located near Hastings. It opened in October 1989, replacing the old Napier Prison, which closed in 1993. Mangaroa holds about 640 prisoners and has 325 staff.[73] Hawke's Bay Regional Prison has one of the five Māori Focus Units in New Zealand prisons. The Māori Focus Units aim to bring about positive changes in offenders' thinking and behaviour through the practice of Māori values and disciplines, and specialist Māori programmes. It has a Drug Treatment Unit for prisoners with drug or alcohol problems.
The prison also has one of New Zealand's three Youth Units which accommodates prisoners under the age of 18 and prisoners aged 18–19 who are deemed to be vulnerable in the mainstream prison environment. The Department says youth prisoners are offered a range of psychological, educational and vocational training and claims it meets its obligations under the Education Act 1989 - which requires all under-16-year-olds to be in full-time education.[73] However, Judith Baragwanath, a Parole Board member and former teacher says 92% of teenage offenders in the Youth Units have a learning disability and tutors employed by the Department of Corrections to teach in the Youth Units are not subject to any accredited professional teaching standards. She also says the Youth Units have never been subject to scrutiny by the Education Review Office.
The Youth Unit was closed in 2011 after a disturbance by two 17-year-olds in which one of them threw boiling water over an officer, and stabbing the Officer. The inmates caused considerable damage and 11 months later, the unit was still not back in use and no decision had been made on when it would reopen.[74]
Wanganui Prison
Wanganui Prison, in Kaitoke, holds about 538 prisoners and employs 252 staff. The oldest part of the prison, the main Kaitoke Prison complex, was built in 1978, and Te Ohorere, a Self Care Unit, and Te Whakataa minimum security units opened in 2005. Self-care units allow prisoners to get accustomed to living in a house or flat environment within the prison fences; they are designed to give prisoners the opportunity to learn and practise the skills they will need to live independently after release.[75]
Wanganui Prison has one of the five Māori Focus Units in New Zealand prisons. The Māori Focus Units aim to bring about positive changes in offenders' thinking and behaviour through the practice of Māori values and disciplines, and specialist Māori programmes.
Wanganui Prison also has a stand-alone 12-cell at-risk facility to deal with suicidal inmates. Only two prisons in New Zealand have units specifically designed for this purpose. The other is at Waikeria and houses up to 30 prisoners in 26 cells.[76]
Manawatu Prison
Manawatu Prison holds about 290 prisoners and employs 136 staff. It is located at Linton, south of Palmerston North. The prison began as the Manawatu Youth Institution in 1979 for young male prisoners motivated to make use of the institution's educational, social development, trade training and community-based programmes. It became Manawatu Prison in 1985.[77]
Manawatu prison has a voluntary faith based unit known as the Alpha Unit. The Unit is based on the spiritual values of the Christian faiths and it provides a supportive environment committed to the Principles, Values and Attitudes programme. The programme is run by the prison chaplain and prisoners volunteer to reside in it.[78]
Southern Region
Rimutaka Prison
Rimutaka Prison is located in the suburb of Trentham, Upper Hutt. It is New Zealand's largest prison, holding up to 1078 prisoners and employing about 570 staff. The prison opened in 1967 and was originally named Wi Tako Prison until the name was changed to Rimutaka Prison circa 1990.[79] It is on a large site at the end of Freyberg Road and the number of cells and prison units has grown substantially in recent years to accommodate rising prisoner numbers. In 2010, Rimutaka became the first prison in New Zealand to open a container-cell unit.[80] The cells are constructed from refurbished shipping containers and the unit houses up to 60 prisoners in a mix of single and double-bunked cells.
Rimutaka Prison includes several specialist rehabilitation units. It has one of the five Māori Focus Units in New Zealand prisons, a Drug Treatment Unit for prisoners with drug or alcohol problems. A Faith-Based Unit providing a programme for prisoners centred around the Christian faith was closed in 2012 after evaluation found it had no impact on reducing reoffending.[81]
Rimutaka also has a 30-bed special treatment unit for violent prisoners called Te Whare Manaakitanga. Prisoners in this unit are taught skills to enable them to live without using violence; this includes conflict resolution, the use of timeout, impulse control and how to challenge their own distorted thinking. The prisoners also learn to change their attitudes towards women.[80] Offenders have to be classified as having a high risk of re-offending in order to attend this programme.
Rimutaka prison opened the country's first dementia unit in December 2012.[82] The Corrections Department said a "high dependency unit" will be created for some of the 120 inmates aged over 65 who struggle with daily tasks, such as showering themselves. Wellington lawyer Mary More, who represents a 75-year-old prisoner believes the unit is long overdue and said: "The Department of Corrections needs to recognise that the courts are sending more and more people to prison for longer ... and we are going to have an aging prison population."[83]
Arohata Women's Prison
Arohata Prison is one of New Zealand's three women's prisons and is located near Tawa, north of Wellington. The Māori-language name Arohata means "the bridge"; it reflects the belief that the prison provides a bridge between past offending and a future in the community. The prison was built in 1944 and was originally a women's borstal. It became a youth prison in 1981 and a women's prison in 1987. It holds about 150 prisoners and employs 73 staff.[84]
The prison includes a Drug Treatment Unit, established in 1999, for prisoners with drug or alcohol problems[85] and is the only women's prison that operates a DTU. Women from Christchurch or Auckland women's prisons who have addictions have to move to Arohata prison to take part in the programme.[86]
Arohata also runs the Kowhiritanga ('Making Choices') Rehabilitation Programme specifically for female prisoners many of whom have been exposed to sexual and psychological abuse during childhood and in their adult relationships.[86][85] Most of the programme is based on cognitive-behavioural therapy,[87] dialectical behaviour therapy, group psychotherapy, recreational psychology and a narrative approach to therapy. A Toastmasters group and other volunteers have helped implement a variety of programs such as yoga, quilting, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, the Catholic-based grief "Seasons for Growth" programme, public speaking skills,[85] and a kitten fostering programme.[88]
Christchurch Prison
Christchurch Prison, also known as Paparua Prison, is located near Paparua to the west of Christchurch. It was built in 1925 and accommodates about 930 prisoners.[89] The prison includes a Drug Treatment Unit for prisoners with drug and alcohol problems as well as a Youth Unit for prisoners under 18 years old.
In September 2010 and 2011, Christchurch was hit by two major earthquakes. The prison suffered no major damage from the first quake but about half of the 800 inmates were moved as a precaution after it affected the prison's plumbing systems. Some were taken by bus to Otago Correctional Facility and others were flown to prisons in the North Island.[90] Those inmates left behind were required to put together ration packs and prepare meals for rescuers.[91]
After the second quake in February 2011, a decision was made to move prisoners from Christchurch's Rolleston prison to Christchurch Men's prison, emptying 320 beds to create accommodation for the influx of rescuers into the city.[92]
Christchurch Women's Prison
Christchurch Women's Prison is one of three female prisons in New Zealand. It is located near Paparua to the west of Christchurch and holds 138 prisoners and employs 70 staff. The prison opened in 1974 when prisoners and staff transferred to the site from Dunedin Prison and Christchurch Prison's Women's Division. The prison remains the only women's prison in the South Island.[93]
The prison provides the Kowhiritanga ('Making Choices') rehabilitation programme designed to address the particular needs of female offenders – many of whom have suffered sexual abuse during childhood and in their current relationships.[45][46]
The prison has nine Self-Care Units where longer-serving prisoners may be eligible to spend time as they near release. These are residential-style units inside the prison that let prisoners get used to living in a flatting type environment and give prisoners an opportunity to learn and practise the skills they will need to live independently after release. The Living Skills Programme is also delivered in the Self-Care Units and some prisoners participate on the Release to Work programme.[93]
In 2011 a unit at the prison was upgraded allowing female prisoners to live with their babies for up to two years as part of a 2008 law change extending the time a baby can stay with a gaoled mother from nine months. The upgrade allows four mothers and their babies to live together.[94]
Rolleston Prison
Rolleston prison is located at Walkers Rd in Rolleston, south-west of Christchurch. It was originally established in 1958 as an army detention centre.[95] It was first used as a prison in 1986 when the new Corrective Training Centre was built called the Tawa unit.
The prison was extensively renovated in 1987 to increase capacity and in 1989 the 60 bed Kia Marama unit opened - one of only two such units in the country. The unit delivers group-based treatment within a therapeutic environment to child sex offenders. The programme helps prisoners look at their patterns of behaviour and identify high-risk situations. Evaluations have shown that the programme is very effective in reducing re-offending. In 1992 the 60 bed Kowhai unit opened and an additional two units have been completed since then. Rolleston now holds about 320 male prisoners and employs 93 staff.
Because Rolleston Prison contains prisoners assessed as being of minimal risk to the public, the level of physical security is lower than would be found at many other prisons. It does not have a perimeter fence. Instead, individual units have their own secure fencing and the prison has electronic security devices around the perimeter.[96] Older units at Rolleston are set to close as part of the Department's decision to close down older prisons and build a new 960 bed prison for males at Wiri.[97]
Otago Corrections Facility (OCF)
Otago Corrections Facility is located near Milton. It opened in 2007 and was one of four new prisons that opened between 2005 and 2007.[98] OCF was intended to hold about 425 male prisoners and employ 201 staff. When double bunking was introduced at OCF in 2010, inmate numbers rose to 480.[99]
The prison provides three rehabilitation programmes. The Medium Intensity Rehabilitation Programme is designed for prisoners in the middle risk range – those not considered high risk but still enough of a risk to warrant rehabilitation. The Short Rehabilitation Programme is a brief rehabilitation programme aimed at a smaller number of prisoners who require rehabilitation but do not have enough time in their sentence to complete a longer programme. OCF also has a Drug Treatment Unit for prisoners with drug and alcohol problems.[100]
Invercargill Prison
Invercargill Prison, in Invercargill, holds about 165 prisoners. Built in 1910, the prison operated as a borstal until 1981. In 2012 a rehabilitation programme was introduced at Invercargill Prison. A decision was made to run the Medium Intensity Rehabilitation Programme after the Corrections Department recognised there was a sufficient number of prisoners in need of such a programme. Corrections rehabilitation and reintegration services regional manager Steve Berry said programme facilitators from the Otago Corrections Facility would travel from Dunedin four times a week for 13 weeks.[101]
Youth justice residences
There are four youth correctional facilities, termed youth justice residences, located in Auckland, Rotorua, Palmerston North and Christchurch. Only the Auckland facility is licensed to take young offenders sentenced to imprisonment under the Sentencing Act 2002; the other three only take young offenders sentenced to residence under the Child, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989. All youth justice residences are operated by Child, Youth and Family.
|Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice Residence
|Wiri, Auckland
|Youth offenders
|Te Maioha o Parekarangi Youth Justice Residence
|south-west of Rotorua
|Youth offenders
|Te Au rere a te Tonga Youth Justice Residence
|Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North
|Youth offenders
|Te Puna Wai ō Tuhinapo Youth Justice Residence
|near Rolleston, Canterbury
|Youth offenders
Closed facilities
Addington Prison
Located in the Chrischurch suburb of Addington, Addington Prison was built in 1874 under the guidance of Benjamin W. Mountfort, who also designed the Christchurch Cathedral, the Canterbury Museum and the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers. Addington Prison was closed in 1999.
The Mountfort cell block and remaining perimeter walls are scheduled as a protected item, for historical and architectural reasons, in the Christchurch City Plan. It has been converted into a budget backpackers known as Jailhouse Accommodation.[103]
Dunedin Prison
Dunedin Prison was built (completed) in 1896 and operated until 2007 when all prison services in the region were shifted to the new Otago Corrections Facility near Milton.
Napier Prison
Napier Prison opened in 1862 on Bluff Hill in Napier. It closed in 1993, with prisoners transferring to Hawke's Bay Regional Prison.
New Plymouth Prison
New Plymouth Prison used to hold up to 112 minimum to high-medium security prisoners and employed 65 staff. The prison also accommodated offenders on remand. The prison was originally an army hospital in the 1860s during the Taranaki land wars. The site was converted to a prison later that decade and has been in use ever since.[104] It is the oldest operational penal institution in New Zealand. In 2012, Corrections Minister, Anne Tolley announced it would be closed "because old prisons didn't suit modern rehabilitation training and education methods."[105] It closed in 2013.
Wellington Prison
Wellington Prison, also known as Mount Crawford, used to hold about 120 prisoners and employed 35 custodial staff. It was built in 1927 next to the suburb of Miramar in Wellington and replaced the original Terrace Gaol in central Wellington. The prison only accommodated prisoners who were on voluntary segregation – prisoners who have asked to be separated from the mainstream prison population.[106]
The Wellington prison was temporarily closed in June 2008 during a "seasonal prison population trough", however it reopened in July 2009 when the national prison population increased once again.[107] In 2012, Corrections Minister, Anne Tolley announced it would be closed permanently "because the old prisons didn't suit modern rehabilitation training and education methods."[105]
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In the book of 1 Samuel, we read that Hannah asked the Lord for a child and was rewarded. She vowed to consecrate Samuel to the Lord's service, and brought him to the temple when he was weaned. Many of us know the story–but have you found the hidden treasures buried within?
The Scriptures report:
"And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men" (1 Samuel 2:26).
What comes to mind when you read this verse? Perhaps you'll recall verses describing Jesus, who grew in "wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." Do you see the similarity?
Yet there's also an interesting disparity between the two descriptions. The Scripture does not report that Samuel grew in wisdom. Why?
The next chapter tells of Samuel's encounter with the Lord. Sure that Eli is calling him, Samuel rises, only to go back to bed and hear the voice again. But we're informed of something very important during this narrative:
"Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him" (1 Samuel 3:7).
Samuel was serving in the temple, and yet it appears that he did not yet know the revealed Lord in a personal way–thus his lack of wisdom. This stands to reason since the book of
Samuel is set during the days of the Judges, when every man is doing that which is right in his own eyes. This is also a day when a whole generation (including Samuel) grows up without knowing the LORD, nor the works that He has done.
But everything changed when God called Samuel's name in the night hours. It was then that God revealed Himself through His Word. We are told that,
". . . Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground . . . For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh, by the Word of the LORD." (1 Samuel 3:19, 21).
The years of gross moral decay during the period of the Judges now come to an end because one child took the Word of God seriously. The same can happen today, for, as D.L. Moody once said, "the world has not yet seen what God can do through one man, one woman, or one child, wholly committed unto Him."


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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Former Air India executive director Jitendra Bhargava on Thursday said if the national carrier lifts the ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad for hitting a staffer then it will send a wrong message to the employees. "The Shiv Sena has different perspective and believes that they can do anything. But today's youth do not want this kind of thing. If Air India is let down this case without the apology of the MP, it will send a wrong message to the employees that people with political affiliation can do anything and get away," Bhargava told ANI. He said the matter now is not only about what Air India wants, adding it's about the public who want a change. "They (public) do not want a MP, who behaved in such an atrocious and obnoxious manner to go scot-free. The Shiv Sena may have their own discipline, culture and have their own view on what is wrong and right. As Ravinder Gaikwad even today in the Parliament said that 'humility is part of his nature' and if what he did was humility then we don't know what is his culture?" he said. He added that it would be important to see what is the government's stand on this issue. Earlier in the day, the Shiv Sena MPs surrounded Ministry of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju over the flying ban on Gaikwad and threatened that unless it is lifted they "won't allow the airlines to fly from Mumbai". The incident happened after the Lok Sabha was adjourned by Smitra Mahajan till 12.45 p.m. over the Shiv Sena protest. Earlier, the Shiv Sena MPs were agitated over a statement of the Civil Aviation Minister, who reiterated that the ban was not aimed at a Member of Parliament, but for a passenger and safety was most important in flights. This led to a protest by the Shiv Sena members and the House was adjourned. Gaikwad, who was banned from flying after he assaulted an Air India staff, said that he had been provoked and alleged that the airlines staff misbehaved with him. Speaking on the issue during Zero Hour, Gaikwad demanded that the flying ban on him be lifted. He got support from other opposition parties. The Shiv Sena MP also said that he can apologise to the Parliament but will not apologise to the airline staffer. (ANI)


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I am an oozing, drooling undead groupie for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, so I rushed out to buy Seth Grahame-Smith's latest mashup, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. The premise is deliciously dumb: In addition to his other accomplishments, Honest Abe is a hunter of vampires, who are depicted in "historic" photos throughout the book in their trademark dark glasses. There's an atmospheric beginning, a compelling and even a thought-provoking reason the vampires are among us, but the book as a whole seemed as thin as the blood of a mortal on Coumadin. When I tired of zombies in P&P&Z, there was always Jane Austen's original text to savor; when vampires pale (sorry!) Grahame-Smith's writing just doesn't grab me by the throat.
Perhaps I'm just tired of vampires; perhaps I wanted a bit more history to bridge the battles between men and vampires; perhaps there weren't enough girls. There have been a zillion high-concept monster/classic books rushed out lately, and though this is a relatively noble effort, and gets props for being published on the heels of the million-selling P&P&Z, sustaining the conceit seems to wear the writer out as much as this reader.
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Rancid are one of the world's biggest ever punk bands. Formed in California in 1991, they have sold more than four million albums worldwide.
Vocalist and guitarist Lars Frederiksen has been with them since 1993, and he also fronts his own streetpunk band The Old Firm Casuals. Son of a Danish mother and an Italian-American father, Lars has devoted his life to his vision of punk and the old ideals of uniting different youth tribes against the system.
Tonight, he speaks frankly to Garry about his childhood experiences growing up with gang violence, and how UK rock weekly Sounds helped him survive the US equivalent of borstal.
His love of, and enduring fascination with, English low culture made him a life-long Millwall fan, inspired him to write a Rancid song about London semi-gangster Dave Courtney… and to join the UK Subs.
Both Rancid and the Old Firm Casuals have recently released new albums. The OFC brought out For The Love Of It All while just this month Rancid released their eighth full-length record, Honor Is All We Know.


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These M&M's Cookie Bars have become an absolute favorite in our house. I made a Christmas version that has been incredibly popular and I wanted to add a Valentine's Day version as well. These cookie bars are so easy to make and they bake up so nicely. They are a gorgeous golden brown color and the texture of the mini chocolate chips with the crunchy M&M's is just delicious! These Valentine's Day M&M Cookie Bars are perfect for a crowd or a classroom. They can be cut smaller to serve more, or cut larger for for a pretty presentation.
Start by mixing the cookie dough. This is a big batch of cookie dough, so a stand mixer is perfect for the job. You can also use a large bowl and a hand mixer.
Spread the cookie dough into a 9×13 glass baking dish lined with foil and sprayed with non stick cooking spray. The foil allows you to lift the bars out for easy cutting after they cool.
I also like to add M&M'S and more of the mini chocolate chips to the top before baking for a pretty presentation. Just press they lightly in and enjoy the pretty Valentine colors!
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- 2 sticks of butter at room temperature
- 1 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 cup of firmly packed golden brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups of all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1 1/2 cups of Valentine's M&M's plus more for topping
- 1 cup of mini chocolate chips plus more for topping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a 9x13 baking dish with foil, leave some overhang to make removal easier.
Spray foil generously with nonstick cooking spray.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until fluffy.
Add in eggs and vanilla extract and continue to beat.
Lower speed of mixer and add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
Add M&M's and mini chocolate chips and give a final stir, reserving some M&M's and mini chocolate chips for topping cookie bars.
Transfer cookie dough to prepared baking dish.
Press additional M&M'S and white chocolate chips into top of cookie dough.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes on oven rack in lower third of oven to prevent over browning.
Let cool completely and cut.
I'm seriously in love with these M&M'S Cookie Bars! They are so pretty and easy to make and the very best part is they are perfectly delicious!
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If you love pets and want to have them in your home, remember that you will be responsible for them. Taking care of a pet requires a serious commitment because you have important duties to fulfill. Thus, before you get a dog, a cat, or any pet, you must assume responsibility for it. Aside from providing for your pet's basic needs, you must abide by the vital rules of responsible pet ownership.
Commit to Take Care of the Pet for the Long Haul
If you get a pet, you cannot give it away if it misbehaves. If it gets sick, you have to nurse it back to health. If you are changing your home environment, you need to consider your pet and ensure that it grows accustomed to the changes.
Spend Time with Your Pet
Bonding with your pet is a lifelong commitment. You maintain that bond by ensuring that you make time for your pet. You spend time with your family and friends, in your school or office. When you go home, spend time with your pet.
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If you have a dog, ensure that it has a collar with present identification at all times. Your pet must have proper identification so that it can be returned to you if it gets lost. Without identification, your pet will be in an overcrowded shelter for homeless pets.
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Due to pet overpopulation, multitudes of pets are euthanized yearly. You contribute to this problem if you do not have your pet, especially your dog, neutered or spayed. In case, you want to breed your dog or any pet, ensure that you are a responsible breeder.
Pets may have unknown genetic histories. If you do not understand proper breeding, you may have pets with health problems without knowing it. To save your pet's life, a viable option is to have it neutered.
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In case, you want to be a pet breeder, you must abide by the right protocols. You cannot unhealthy and low-quality pets. You can get in touch with a reputable breeder who can help you breed your pet. You need to follow breeding standards.
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If you want to have healthy pets, ensure that you provide fresh water and quality food. These pets must also have a comfortable shelter for their mental and physical well being. Have them do regular exercises. Unlike humans, pets cannot show illness or pain. Thus, ensure that you bring them to the veterinarian regularly. As they say, prevention is better than cure.
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To maintain good relationships with other people, ensure that you train your pets. If they are well-behaved, your neighbors, friends, and other family members will not get upset. In case of incidents, injuries, or accidents caused by your pet's misbehavior, you must be responsible for them.
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The vault was old. But solid. The old bank was falling down around it. But there in the middle of the rubble standing like a icon from days gone by, was the old walk-in vault.
He stood looking around the remains of the old bank. Pieces of the main lobby were littered around the ground like so much scrap wood. The counters and money trays were crumbed into piles of debri. Most of the material was marble. Slabs of marble leaned against each other, In some cases crushing the counters and desks they landed against. The art deco ceiling lamps that had once hung majesty from the high vaulted ceiling now lay in ruins on top of marble and wood.
Grasping a piece of marble he grunted as he pushed it aside. Such was the way he slowly picked through the remains of the old bank. Each piece he moved, or climbed over brought him closer to the prize. After a couple of hours of picking his way through the debris he reached the door to the vault.
Looking over the door he could tell it hadn't been opened in a long time. In fact it was showing signs of having been exposed to the weather it was taking its toll on the steel. Rust starting to form around the edges, and the large combination knob in the middle didn't seem to want to turn. The numbers were getting hard to read. They were small to begin with, and being exposed to wind and rain hadn't done them any good.
Looking around again he noticed how the day slipped by him. Spurned on by the oncoming darkens, and thus cold temperatures, He took one last look around, Made some notes, on the old pocket notebook, he had shoved into his old coat pocket. He pen barely worked, but he managed to draw a picture of the front of the vault, noting the size and location and size of the handles and combination knob, and hinges. Half rusted and buried under debris he found gold. The small plate listing the manufacture date it was made, model number of the old vault. He copied all the information to his notebook. By now it was almost too dark to see clearly. So he picked his way back out of the remains of the old bank.
Once back in his hotel room, the wrote out all the information he had on the old bank
The bank was in the middle of New York City. The city looked like the bank did. In complete shambles. The latest war had devastated the city. Millions of people had fled. before the attacks had started . The hotel was run down and falling apart. Light was provided by a single bulb hanging from a antique ceramic light fixture in the middle of the ceiling. As much of a run down dump the hotel was; it was a giant step up from where he had been until recently.
The war had taken its toll on the world. Things had started out as small local issues and had been left to escalate into regional, and eventually they had become national and international issues and what once had been a small local squabble had become the catalyst for a major world war. The war had quickly knocked out all the 21 century infrastructure .Within a few months the world was living in the 1940's. As such there was no television, internet, computers, and anything with a microprocessor in it was basicly useless junk. The leaders of the world had to learn how to lead again.
This had been many years ago The world was still living in what many would call the dark ages.
By the aminic light of the hanging bulb he wrote out his notes on a old spiral notebook, he'd found in a school. Eventually he managed to sleep. It was not a good sleep. He woke up the next morning at daybreak. After a quick cup of warm coffee, and a day old donut he headed back to the remains of the bank. The sun was coming as he approached the bank. Retracing his path he slowly made his way back to the vault. The streets surrounding the remains of the bank were in the same shape as the bank. reduced to stubble, of wood and brick and cement. The silence was he picked his way to the vault was deafening. Occasionally a bird would fly over , its shadow marking its path across the sky on the ground. Other than the occasional bird, looking for food he was alone. Totally alone. In the midday light he was able to examine the door of the vault better. It occurred to him the ideal way to get the vault open was the combination. with that in mind he started going through all the desk buried in the ruins. Someone somewhere had broken the rules and written down the combination to the vault. He was sure of it. But finding it would be a challenge. There on one of the few remaining wall were several pictures of the inside of the bank. It wasn't much. They were in horrible shape. But he managed to piece together basically what had been the layout of the bank from them. From that he figured where the manager's office would have been. Once located he begun to dig in earnest. Finding the desk, and file cabinets he went through every scrap of wood, steel and furniture he found. After moving what seemed like tons of debris,and broken furniture he found it On a tiny scrap of paper, taped to the inside of a file cabinet drawer was the combination to the vault.
Shaking with excitement rhe made his way back to the vault door. He cleared the area around the door. Then he carefully began to spin the dial. It tuned not easily at first. But after a few minutes of being turned back and forth it begun to loosen up. When he felt it was worked loose enough to work he started working the numbers, first right left right, He tried turning the big lever to open the door. It didn't budge. Then left right left. The big lever still didn't move. So he spun the dial some more and tired again both directions. After several more time both direction it finally worked. When he tried the big lever one more time it moved. Not far but it moved. after working it back and forth a bit he finally got it to move all the way.
The big steel door slowly swung open. The hinges creaked and moaned as they moved. By now the sun was behind him. It shown into the dark vault. The shelves were lined with papers. some loose papers here and there. Boxes filled with papers, money was on a number of shelves.
He walked into the old steel room. The smell of lack of oxygen and fresh air was enough to almost make him sick But he managed to get past it. He spent the next hour going through the papers and boxes in the vault. to his surprise none of them were locked. That got him to thinking. It was obvious no one had opened the vault in decades. But whoever was in there last had a master key to the safe deposit boxes, and had gone through them. That left two questions did they find what they were looking for? and who were they? He wasn't sure they were, but he had a pretty good idea, who they were. As for did they find what they were looking for? That he could try to find out. He spent the rest of the afternoon well into the evening systematically going through every safe deposit box , Looking at every scrap of paper. he counted the money. Several million dollars, but it was useless now. The jewelry was only slightly more valuable.
In the old Rockefeller bank in New York City he found the lost copy of the Constitution It was definitely worse for the wear. But it was real. The paper was over 300 years old. So now he had the proof that there had been another copy made,That it had been stolen centuries ago. He carefully replaced it in the safe deposit box it had been in. How they had missed it when it was searched he would never know. At this point he didn't care.
He carefully made his way out of the vault. Closing the huge steel door behind him, he spun the knob, locking it again. He debated for a minute what to do with the scrap of paper with the combination scrawled on it. he shoved it in his pocket, and carried the metal box carefully as he made his way out from the ruins of the once majestic bank.
As it got darker it was harder to pick his way through the battered city street. It was dark by the time he made his way back to his hotel room.
Once there he retreated to his room, carefully keeping the steel box hidden from prying eyes. He had been carrying a revolver with him for the last several months. So far he'd been lucky, he hadn't needed it. But he knew the chances of running into a band of thieves, or looters was increasing by the day. If they saw the box, they would want it. so he had to figure out a way to carry it without it being seen. Pulling the cords from the remains of the blinds that were on the window, he fashioned a sling of sorts to hold the box under his old worn topcoat. Looking at himself in the mirror, which he could barely even see himself, he tried several ways of carrying the box under his coat, finely finding one that didn't show from a distance. He knew looters would want the box if they saw it, and once they found what was in it, they'd probably kill him because it wasn't anything they could use. All of theses things lay heavy on his mind as he drifted off to sleep that night.
The next morning new questions plagued his mind. The biggest was how to keep it safe, and who should he get it to.he decided his order of business was to get out of New York city, and hole up somewhere safer. Two hours later he was still picking his way through the streets of New York. At least twice he had to duck into ruins and hide from people. Not that he was anti-social, but he was carefull. It took several days to get out of New York City.
Once he was out in the country he begin to relax a bit. He still stayed off main roads. Occasionally a car would go by. But no one stopped to offer him a ride. A week later he found abandoned farmhouse, and decided to stop for the night. At least he'd have some shelter. rom the cold and rain. Once settled in and feeling reasonably safe to took the metal box out and examined it again. He removed the old constitution, and in the process he felt something in the bottom end of the box. Reaching deep in the long box he felt something in the bottom. He was barely able to get hold of it with his fingers. After a fashion he got it out. It was a legal sized set of papers folded long wise. and tucked into the bottom of the box. Opening the stack of papers he had to read them several time before he begun to understand what they were. He recognized all of the names listed. and many of the places mentioned. They all were high ranking heads of business, and government. There were dates scattered through the papers. The most importent dates were at the beginning. They were the dates that they last world war had started. it was clear that this had been written before the beginning of the wars. Ashe reread t the papers it sunk in.
The entire war had been planned and instigated by a few people here in the states, along with the heads of several foreign governments. It had been a plan to overthrow the governments of the world. It was all handwritten,and had various signatures, and notes in different handwriting on it in a number of places. All of the handwriting could easily be verified. The fact that this was with a original copy of the Constitution was enormous. This put a whole new light on his situation. he hadn't told anyone he was looking for the lost copy of the Constitution. So in that regard he figured he was relatively safe. He was sure he had been declared missing or dead long ago. So he doubted anyone was looking for him. But now he had a whole new set of problems on his hands.
The rest of night was spent trying to figure out what to do with his newfound information. He figured he had two options, hide the papers away and say nothing. Definitely tempting. But he reserved his decision for the next morning.
The early morning sun lit up his room that morning. Showing him just how dingey and run down the old farmhouse really was. It had been dark when he taken up residence there the night before, barely getting the into house and finding a place to to sleep in the moonlight, and by his small flashlight. The flashlight he used sparingly , as to conserve batteries. By morning he was even hungrier than he was last night. As soon as he took care of necessary business, the went out in search of food. The old farmhouse had been abandoned long ago. But they had left some canned goods. Which was fine by him. He was able to get a can of soup open, although not neatly, Using a rusted old can opener was not ideal, but he managed to make it work. Outside he found a stream with reasonably clean looking water, where he collected some, and brought in, added to the soup and heated them up over the fire he'd built in the fireplace. While waiting for the soup to warm up and become something resembling edible, he reviewed the folded papers he'd found again. The second and third reading did little to calm him down. The more he read, the more he was sure he needed to do something. But he was at a loss to to figure out what or how to do anything. The soup was passable. In that his filled him up for a while. It had been a long time since he'd had a really decent meal.
He had been traveling alone now for several years. When the wars had become geopolitical, and natural disaster, he along with millions of people were displaced from their lives, and sent into what was left of the world to make their way as best as they could. Millions of people had died at the initial attacks, many more died in the weeks and months later. As modern technology ceased to work, even more were lost as the technology they depended on stopped working, and thus killed them in one way or another. That left the government such as it was to deal with a massive death toll. Among many other problems. many people fearing for their lives, and safety had either formed groups and become nomads. finding whatever work, and supplies they could, wherever they could. He had become one of them. Somewhere he had remembered reading in his American History, about a stolen copy of the Constitution. As the original one, along with the other original founding father papers had been destroyed during one of the many attacks on the eastern seaboard, Primary Washington DC, and New York City. he had managed to get into records and archives, he'd never been able to before because of the chaos. There he found the notes telling about the copy disappearing. it had been thought be have been stolen just before the turn of the 1900's. It Was believed that an extremely rich and powerful industrialist had wanted them for his private collection. As most of the people of the day with the power and connections to get something like that lived in New York at the time. So he started his search there. Throughout the course of the war, he had managed to keep out of sight. In doing so it had allowed him to go unnoticed into places that he would never have been allowed to normally.
He managed to see the people who didn't want to be seen, or see him.
This had become his mission in life. Now he had the prize. But now there was no one to give it to.
"This is one possible future." The voice said.
Startled he looked around. it had been weeks since he'd heard another voice. At least talking to him. There in the corner of the living room, sitting in the ancient rocking chair, was a being.
The light in the corner was dark and dusty. it was hard to tell what or who was there in the room with him.
"You have a choice to make." By now he had located the source of the voice. He turned to face it. His hand close to the revolver on his hip.
"You can let the world continue as it is now,"he paused
"Or You go back in time with me and undo the events of the last five years."
"The decision is entirely up to you. But be warned. if you go back. You may not survive."
The words slowly begin to sink in.
"You're telling me history can be changed?" He quarried in disbelief.
"In your case yes. On most worlds, Once something has happened it can't be undone."
"But here, you and change history?" He approached the form in the rocking chair. As he got closer he could start to make out the shape of the form. Thousands of question raced through his mind. Instead he said.
Finely standing directly in front of the creature in the chair. He looked down and asked;
"What do I have to do?"
"That my friend , is up to you. How far back do you want to go?" Came the reply.
"1895. New York City." he answered. " If the copy of the constitution is never stolen, the small incident that sparked the chain reaction that caused the war would have been resolved, quickly because they still had the original copy to show the new government how to set up a democracy". He reasoned all of this out in a matter of seconds.
"You know that by going back that far, you will not only change that timeline, but every timeline in the last 150 years.?"
"But what choice do I have?" He couldn't just suddenly appear with a lost document out of thin air. But he could "Find" it at the right time. thus preventing the events that were unfolding, from occurring as they did. and hopefully stop a chain reaction of event, that lead to World War III. All of theses thoughts and conclusions ran through his mind in the blink of eye. The enormity of the situation had put asides any thoughts of questioning who or what was sitting in the in the old rocking chair. At least for now.
"I could go back and find the lost document. Just before the start of the local war. And hopefully prevent the starting of the events that lead to World War III" He articulated what had crossed his mind.
"Yes. Yes, That might work. Or least change the immediate outcome. There's no way to tell what else will happen eventually."
The creature responded after a brief pause.
"So, how do we do it?" he inquired quickly.
"I have to caution you, this is a one shot deal. You only get this one change to change history for the better. It's entirely possible you might make things worst. And they'll be no way to undo what we do now."
This fact sobered him up some. But he knew he couldn't do nothing. As he saw it. The world had pretty much all but destroyed itself already. It was just waiting for the final blow to completely wipe it out of time and space forever. Like it had never existed. This as a one remote chance to fix it before it before it killed itself. Bigger question lingered in his mind. But he chose to ignore them for now. He'd made his decision. As he saw it, he had no choice but to at least try to undo the damage that was about to before the world.
"Ok, how do we do this?" he asked
The creature got up from his chair. Standing he could see it was short, and skinny. But there seemed to be a presence about it. a air of authority, if you will.
"Get the documents." The creature requested. He got the documents from the safe deposit box. he carefully rolled them up and tucked them inside his well worn white shirt.
"Ok come stand here in front of me." he complied. "Close your eyes. And stand very still clear your mind. Don't think about me or where you are now. Think only of being still. So still you can hear the blood pumping in your heart. " He followed the instruction. So he felt very light and dizzy.
He seemed to sleep for a very short time. When he opened his eyes. The old farmhouse was gone. Replaced instead but a modern city. He looked around. No one seemed to notice him. He looked closer to see if he could tell where he was. After minute he found street signs, and building signs. He couldn't read any of them. After walking a around a bit, he figured out what many of the stores and businesses were by the pictures and diagrams, and even types of people who went in and out. He knew he was in the country that had started the fall into World War III. He had to quickly figure how to get the papers he had with him found. The more he walked around the city streets the more he realized he was invisible to them. They didn't see him. Somehow he had to get his papers in a place where the right people would find them. He saw it. the American Embassy. Going over what he knew of the history of the situation. He remembered that the ambassador from the United States, was distantly related to JP Morgan, and a history buff. So it would stand to reason If he had the missing copy of the Constitution, that had been stolen by his family decades ago he would want to keep it close at hand and safe.
While not ideal, keeping it in the embassy safe, along with the many other documents that were under lock and key made sense. he certainly wouldn't keep something like that where it could easily be found. He remembered more details about the incident. The ambassador had bragged he had a copy of the constitution, and was to show it to a few friends. But it wasn't there. That had started off the tiff. As they didn't believe he'd ever had it. He himself wondered how it had came to be in the safe in New York city. But that was a question for another time.
It was ridiculously easy to slip into the embassy. He found his way to the main safe. Waited until the clerks were out of the rooms. Slipped in and looked around. He found the safe deposit boxes marked for the Ambassador. Moving quickly he opened them, inventoried the contents. hd found them to be interesting. Among many national security papers, he found a stash of pictures. He figured to find various woman he had been playing with. But no, This was much more valuable Pictures of military weapons, and installations, all which were rated as top secret, Along with list of agents for a number of governments. where they were located, who their handlers were, and many other personal details about the agents. More than enough to get the ambassador tried and convicted for treason by any number of countries. In any of the countries he would get at minimum life in prison, some would just take him out and shoot him.
He knew he had to make some fast decisions. It occurred to him, that he could divert that attention from the lost federal papers to much more important issues, such as spying. So he rearranged the files. So the next person who went into the box, found the papers. He had been careful not to leave any fingerprints, on anything, especially the papers he found. He was pretty sure , being invisible he wouldn't leave fingerprints, but he didn't chance it.
With the trap set. He slid back out of the way and waited. Sure enough a aide had been sent to retrieve a file or other information from the main safe. He opened the Ambassador's safe deposit box. There was a strange package right there on top. The aid picked it up and looked at it.
Once the aide realized it was something that was important, He went back to his boss. ithin minutes the who office was on the site. They quickly went over every inch of the Ambassadors files.
Some time later the news was out. The Ambassador had been recalled back to Washington. Charges of treason, and spying were being leveled. Reporters from all over the world were asking questions of everyone at the embassy. The entire embassy staff was recalled, for debriefing, Some more were charged.
And the world went on its way. there was no world War III. He found himself back at the bank. This time the stately old back was still in its glory. The marble walls, and counters remained in their place. The majestic chandelier was still hanging in the center of the elegant lobby. He was sure if he were to look in safe deposit box 0051 located in the bottom left corner of the main vault the missing Constitution would still be there.
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A Big Man
"We're not losing time. Time ran away without us decades ago. "
That's what the old man said. The big man lay on the bed. Tired. His face showed years of living.His Skin was stretched in places wrinkles, age spots littered his body. His hands showed the decades of hard work.
"Here , come look at this," He slowly managed to straighten up on the old bed. The room seemed as old as he was. The pictures on the wall where faded, and a few were torn, and wrinkled. He indicated a picture hanging off to his left. Moving closer to him, I smell him. But it's not the smell of a old man. It's the smell of fear, of time running out. The picture is old. Very old . "Take it down." he instructs. So I gently take the picture from the wall. The wall behind it it is three shades lighter from not being in the sun for decades. I step back a bit.
"What is it?" I inquire tentatively as I try to find good light in the dark room to really look at it. Blowing dust from it, wiping cobwebs from the edges, I finally manage to get a clearer idea of the old picture. By now he had managed to get himself sitting upright on the edge of his bed. Even at his old age, with a world beaten body. Sitting there on the edge, it occurred to me how tall he still was. Several clever remarks ran through my head, But I quickly dismissed them. The picture was big probably two feet square. In a black frame. It was dark red on the top half, the bottom showed a flat landscape. The ground seemed to be in a shadow. Then it seemed familiar. I'd seen the picture before. Then I recognized the cloud centered in the top two thirds of the picture. It was a mushroom cloud . Turning it over Printed on the back in neat handwritten block letters, Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. I glanced back at the old man.
"I was there." He reported, upon seeing I knew what the picture was. "I was there for the death and destruction . I barely missed being killed by the radiation . Look at it son, Look close." He got up with surprising agility Coming over to me. He looked down at me. Even at a hundred plus years, he still towered over everything in the room. "And this," walking past me to the display case. Opening, the glass door. He reaching in he picked up a small jewelry box. He opened it. Inside was a yellow tooth. I walked over to see what he had in the little box. In the light of the display cabinet , I saw the tooth.
He carefully picked it up. He glanced over to the picture still in my hand and back to the old yellow tooth. Looking close at him in the light I could see the years had taken their toll on him. He body was bent, and warped by the years, and arthritis and many aliments I'll never know about.
"They found thousands of them. Teeth, That was all that was left of thousands of people. A few bones, and buildings leveled or close to it." He picked up the old yellow tooth, and looked at in the light, Then put it back in the box.
He turned to me. Looking down on my small frame, he stared for a minute. Finally he spoke. It was low and drawn, as if he'd been considering the words he had to say.
"Son, we're in a hell of a Predicament. If our nation doesn't do what is necessary now, Than in all likelihood the enemy will use everything in their arsenal to destroy us. And Yes, I believe that they have atomic bombs. I have no doubt that they'd hesitate one second to use them on us." He paused for effect.
"Well, Mr. President, What you going to do?"
I turned back to the wall behind his bed. There scattered across it were pictures of the world at war. Images from WWI, WWII. A lot of them. Fewer from Korea, And handful from Vietnam. Turning back to the display cabinet; Medals and ribbons were neatly laid across the top shelf. I noted several large campaign patches and medals . On the lower shelf were at least a half dozen written citations . The bottom shelf held several old gns. One I recognized immediately , a Colt 1911 Pistol. It was old, holster worn from spending many months riding in his holster . The finish was gone in all the places it should be for a service weapon. Somehow it made my brand new 1911 seem like a toy. I knew it would never see the kind of use and live the life hs old pistol had. All of this flashed into mind as I went on to notice the captured German Luger, and several other foreign weapons of war.
I turned back to the old man. He had retreated back to his bed.and now sat on the edge of the bed, sipping on his lukewarm coffee. He looked over at me. Even sitting on his old bed, he could still look me straight in the eyes. Suddenly he seemed old and tired again. His question came back to me again. It echoed in my mind. "Well, Mr. President, what you gonna do?"
He was right. It was up to me. I had come to him to seek advice about the war that was brewing. My advisors had told me not to bother seeing the senile old man. But I knew better. He had been a friend of the family for many decades. He had served under four presidents, served with Eisenhower, at D-Day. Been with MacArthur in Korea, and countless other wars, and police actions for many decades. The wars and battles he won, were the stuff of legends. And he'd been a friend of mine since I was a kid. I grew up listening to his stories. I was there when he retired as a four star General, decades ago. And Now. And now he was tucked into a dingy little house on the outskirts of Washington. He had served his country for most of his life. And this was how they rewarded him. It made me mad to think about it. I put the anger out of my mind for the moment. It had taken me a long time to find him, after he just dropped out of sight. Now I'd found him. I vowed to myself he wouldn't be living in this dump anymore. But first things first. Two Secret Service agents waited discreetly outside while I talked to him.
I pulled up the old chair and sat down in front of him. "General. You have any ideas, about what to do with the mess we're in now ?" I asked quietly and pointedly. It was clear he knew what was going on in the world.
"Son, you must be prepared to act fast and ruthlessly . To take to war to them. Before they're ready for it. Look at World War II, Take the lessons from the great generals of the time. You must have commanders who will push their men and demand they do more than they ever thought they could. Above all. Son, you must strike first and hard. And decisively . There must be no question about if you will win, but only how you will win. Like D-day, the cost will be great, But you must prevail, or we'll all be doomed. "
There. He'd said it. Exactly what I was thinking. He had put into words thought and feelings I'd had for the last couple of days.
"Thank you. Thank you General for saying what I was feeling."
I said my goodbyes. I talked to his nurses aid. I informed him that people would arriving later in the day to help him move into a retirement home for Veterans, and that everything he owned here would be taken with him, from the pictures to the display cabinet, I also told him, There would no problem with his guns and other collectables, I gave him the number to my private secretary. If there was any problems or questions; They were to call and they would be fixed immediately.
I said goodbye to the General one more time.
That evening I went on national TV and declared war.


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