Changing dynamics in our prisons - as Corrections works with more older Maori offenders

The agency was before Parliament's Justice Select Committee yesterday, reflecting on the last year.

While there's been little movement in the Maori prison population, Corrections deputy chief executive Herewini Te Koha says the background of Maori offenders is changing.

He says young Maori aren't as common as they were 20 years ago, and with fewer gang affiliations, it's leaving Corrections with a much older gang-affiliated Maori population.