$1.3 billion dollars for the justice system, with the Government expecting prison growth.
The Budget sets aside $487 million dollars for easing pressures on inmate populations, including for hiring Corrections officers.
Whanganui and Greymouth get funding for new police stations - and money's going to a new biometric system for recording fingerprints.
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