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National says prisoner numbers will rise as crime goes down if it wins power in October.
\\nThe party\'s new crime policy would make being a gang member an aggravating factor during criminal sentencing.
\\nLeader Chris Luxon told Mike Hosking that there\'ll be more to come in its broader policy to be announced shortly \\u2013 and more prisoners will be a consequence of chasing down crime.
\\nHe says the Government has emptied out prisons by a quarter in the past six years, but crime is up 30 percent, and retail has jumped 40 percent.
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