The Minister-in-charge of bringing back Three Strikes Laws is hitting back at claims will worsen inequality in the justice system.

The Government is preparing legislation to bring back mandated prison sentences for violent and sexual criminals for their third offence.

Labour ended the law in 2022 and says it will result in unfairly long sentence, while the Greens say it will disproportionately impact Maori.

But Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee told Heather du Plessis-Allan this is about incarcerating the most serious, violent offenders.

She says she doesn't care what their ethnicity is - if they do the crime - they need to be locked up.

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