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Abstract
'A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.' Fyodor Dostoyevsky 

What is expected of a prison environment?  Aotearoa has the highest incarceration rate of indigenous women, a title Ara Poutama | Department of Corrections is drastically attempting to pass on through their Te Mana Wāhine pathway, currently underway at Christchurch Women’s Prison. As Landscape Architect on the project, Hana will discuss how the landscape can assist in the healing and rehabilitation process, particularly for wāhine Māori. This seminar intends to plant the seed of rethinking the possibilities for prison landscapes, to consider alternative ways of shaping the environments that are temporary homes to our most vulnerable.  

Bio

Hana is an Ōtautahi-based Landscape Architect at Eliot Sinclair and consults with Ara Poutama | Department of Corrections on Te Mana Wāhine pathway at Christchuch Women’s Prison.