What would happen if we were to include healing from intergenerational trauma into treatment programs within prisons? While the disproportionally higher prevalence of early life adversities in prison populations has been shown across various cultural contexts, for women and men, its consideration in offense-focused treatment has been low. Can assessment for and effects of early life adversities be a treatment target in institutional care or does this contradict offense-focused treatment offers? And how can this be done culturally safe to facilitate positive turning points reducing intergenerational trauma? This panel discussion will highlight the pros and cons of trauma-informed versus trauma-focused care, with a special consideration of the Aotearoa context. Nicola Perkins, Manager Psychological Services of a Special Treatment Unit in Aotearoa New Zealand will discuss this question from a clinical psychologist point of view, Professor Tracey McIntosh will provide an indigenous and criminological view for culturally responsive corrections, and Dr. Hedwig Eisenbarth will provide research evidence by outlining the views as reported by men in the care of Ara Poutama Aotearoa, New Zealand Department of Correlations.