Ara Poutama Aotearoa supports a wide variety of research and values evidence-based insights and practice. This page provides information for people who wish to carry out research with our staff, people we manage, at our facilities or using our data.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and co-occurrence of mental health and substance use disorders among New Zealand prisoners.
This research was focused on the narratives of a group of women in New Zealand who had served sentences managed by the Department of Corrections, had received some form of rehabilitation, but nevertheless had re-offended.