From the caught

After reading various articles in Salient on the topic of justice and the law etc such as 'From the Courts' by Wiki Oman, I have often wondered why they remain unchallenged and unexplained by the "authorities". Surely those who run the prisons or the Ministry of Justice or somebody must have something to say about the allegations levelled at them by your, columnists and other writers for Salient.

If you have received such challenges or explanations why the heck haven't you printed them.? On the other hand if you haven't received such correspondence does this mean. I suspect that the authorities have no explanation or statements to make in their defence?

There has been some publicity given by the news media to the actual shocking state of our prisons hut I' ve yet to see or hear the newsmedia make any comment on the apparent injustices and lack of understanding that, according to Wiki, occur practically everyday in our courts. I get the impression that the authorities are trying and generally succeeding to keep the public in the dark about the stupidity of some of our laws, the unbalanced values placed on certain laws, by that I mean that the "punishment doesn't fit the crime" and the ignorance shown by certain magistrates of the customs and values that are held by various ethnic groups specially Maoris and Islanders.

Whatdoyah reckon?

P.S. By the way is all Wiki's information first hand?