This month Catherine speaks with Anna Cusack, Advocacy and Policy Manager at Amnesty International Aotearoa about fresh new research sharing stories of young people's experiences in the criminal justice system. Youth offending doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Many concerns as well as opportunities were raised; from poverty, hunger, homelessness, family-life hardship and disengagement from school to peers and the importance of relationships. The research was initiated after the last election campaign, where political rhetoric and media reports on ram raids often failed to include experiences and insights from the young people involved. Read a summary of the report here: https://amnesty.org.nz/rangatahi-justice-system-summary/ Read these amazing resources referred to by Anna: https://nwo.org.nz/resources/report-of-matike-mai-aotearoa-the-independent-working-group-on-constitutional-transformation/ https://www.inaiatonunei.nz/resource-documents Take action and sign this petition to halt the execution of Pakhshan Azizi: https://amnesty.org.nz/pakhshan-azizi/ Protest against the Government amending the Equity Pay Act under urgency: https://union.org.nz/pay-equity-events/