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Ukuleles feature in prison rehab

Monday 18 March 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Crime

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Ukuleles feature in prison rehab
Corrective Services minister George (Maggie) Angene (left) receives the new TV set from Raromart owner Don Carlaw, who donated the 40 inch fl at screen TV to Arorangi Prison inmates on Friday last week. Minister Maggie said the gift “can be a way to keep their (inmates) minds occupied, a distraction to help deter those who are here from reoff ending - a way of reform”.

In the early seventies, Arorangi Prison inmates began making ukuleles as a way to support their rehabilitation.

In the early seventies, Arorangi Prison inmates began making ukuleles as a way to support their rehabilitation.


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