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Hello Jessica,

 

Thank you for your email of 8 April 2019 requesting statistics
/information relating to pregnancy and childbirth in NZ prisons.

 

Please be advised your request has been received, and will be considered
under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Kind regards,

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44 - 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Lim [mailto:[FOI #10028 email]]
Sent: 07 April 2019 2:11 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Official Information request - Summary of pregnancy and
childbirth statistics

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

Please provide me with information and statistics, broken down by women's
prison, broken down by year, as far as your records permit.

 

How many prisoners are currently known to be pregnant?

How many prisoners are known to be pregnant, divided by ethnicity?

How many prisoners have given birth in custody?

What is the Department of Corrections' policy for caring for prisoners in
labour?

How are prisoners going into labour transported to hospitals?

How are prisoners restrained when they are giving birth in hospitals?

How many prisoners have given birth in hospitals?

How many prisoners have given birth inside prisons?

How many pregnant prisoner to access an abortion?

How many prisoners have had an abortion in custody?

How many prisoners have miscarried while in custody?

In instances of miscarriage, what medical care did those prisoners receive
afterwards?

How many babies born to prisoners were born stillborn?

How many babies born to prisoners were born premature?

How premature babies born to prisoners survived past infancy?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jessica Lim

 

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Dear Ms Lim

 

Please see attached Corrections’ response to your email of 7 April 2019.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Ministerial Services

National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington | Private Bag 1206,
Wellington 6140

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Lim [mailto:[FOI #10028 email]]
Sent: 07 April 2019 2:11 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Official Information request - Summary of pregnancy and
childbirth statistics

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

Please provide me with information and statistics, broken down by women's
prison, broken down by year, as far as your records permit.

 

How many prisoners are currently known to be pregnant?

How many prisoners are known to be pregnant, divided by ethnicity?

How many prisoners have given birth in custody?

What is the Department of Corrections' policy for caring for prisoners in
labour?

How are prisoners going into labour transported to hospitals?

How are prisoners restrained when they are giving birth in hospitals?

How many prisoners have given birth in hospitals?

How many prisoners have given birth inside prisons?

How many pregnant prisoner to access an abortion?

How many prisoners have had an abortion in custody?

How many prisoners have miscarried while in custody?

In instances of miscarriage, what medical care did those prisoners receive
afterwards?

How many babies born to prisoners were born stillborn?

How many babies born to prisoners were born premature?

How premature babies born to prisoners survived past infancy?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jessica Lim

 

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