A researcher and social commentator, Celia Lashlie worked for 15
years within the prison service, starting in December 1985 as the
first woman to work as a prison officer in a male prison in New
Zealand. Celia, who had a degree in anthropology and Maori, went on
to work on a number of projects, all of which were linked to
improving the lives of at-risk children and empowering families to
find their own solutions to the challenges they were facing.
Celia Lashlie is the author of the bestselling books The Journey to
Prison: Who Goes and Why, He'll Be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys into
Good Men and The Power of Mothers: Releasing Our Children.
She passed away in 2015.
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