Should the work gang trial be extended beyond railway graffiti?

Offenders sentenced to community work paint over graffiti along the rail corridor in Henderson. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Opinion

Criminal offenders in work gangs began cleaning graffiti along railway tracks in West Auckland yesterday in a pilot project that could be extended to other parts of Auckland's 90km of suburban rail routes blighted by tags, litter and weeds.

The "beautification" trial on a 3km stretch at Henderson was the brainchild of the Corrections Department and involved 14 men ordered by the court to serve reparation sentences of 100 hours' community work.

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