Sir Kim Workman: Criminal justice advocate says if the State wants to change things, it needs to start earlier

Putting kids in state care appears to be, in many cases, setting them on a pathway to crime. A Royal Commission of Inquiry report has found a third of children in institutions between 1950 and 1999 served a prison sentence later on in life. Māori children and young people were even more likely to end up in prison, at 42 percent. Criminal justice advocate Sir Kim Workman told Mike Hosking if the State wants to change things, it has to start a lot earlier. He says they need to identify families and bring in support for them, to ensure their kids don't end up in the system. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.