The New Zealand government is currently progressing with a pilot military-style academy program to address youth crime, with criticizers saying punitive measures would label young offenders for life. The academy, based at the youth justice facility in Palmerston North in the North Island, will be run for 10 young people already in youth justice facilities...

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