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The Ministerial Services Team

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your email of 22 June 2020 requesting information relating
to current policy/s on prisoner phone calls.

 

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

 

Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details
redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on Corrections’
website.

 

Ngâ mihi | Kind regards,

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011

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-----Original Message-----
From: BAW Russell <[FYI request #13126 email]>
Sent: 22 June 2020 9:37 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections <[Department of Corrections request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Prisoner phone call policy

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

Please provide me with your current policy/s on prisoner phone calls,
including the price paid by prisoners, related policies and any policy on
managing prisoners access/use of phone calls. Please also provide any
material on prisoner phone calls policy prepared, received or gathered in
the past six (e.g. research, policy development on alternative approaches,
briefings etc).

Yours faithfully,

 

BAW Russell

 

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Kia ora

 

Please find attached extension letter regarding your request for
information surrounding prisoner phone calls.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Freyberg House, 20 Aitken Street, Thorndon,
Wellington, 6011

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-----Original Message-----
From: BAW Russell <[FOI #13126 email]>
Sent: 22 June 2020 9:37 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections <[Department of Corrections request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Prisoner phone call policy

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

Please provide me with your current policy/s on prisoner phone calls,
including the price paid by prisoners, related policies and any policy on
managing prisoners access/use of phone calls. Please also provide any
material on prisoner phone calls policy prepared, received or gathered in
the past six (e.g. research, policy development on alternative approaches,
briefings etc).

Yours faithfully,

 

BAW Russell

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[6][FOI #13126 email]

 

Is [7][Department of Corrections request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Department of Corrections? If so, please contact us using this
form:

[8]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[9]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
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Hello,

 

Thank you for contacting the Department of Corrections; this is an
automatic reply to confirm we have received your email – please do not
reply to this email.

 

Please note we are currently operating on a limited capacity and your
email might not be responded to immediately.

 

If your query is about Corrections’ response to COVID-19, including
visiting prisons or our management of prisoners and offenders in the
community, please check our FAQs using the link below:

[1]https://www.corrections.govt.nz/news/lat...

 

If you wish to get in touch with a prisoner, note that each prison has an
email address you can write to:
[2]https://www.corrections.govt.nz/working_...

 

If you wish to contact the prison directly, please refer to the contact
details on our website:

[3]https://www.corrections.govt.nz/about_us...

 

Depending on the nature of your request you may not receive an official
response for up to 20 working days.

 

Be assured we will endeavour to respond to you as quickly as possible.

 

If you are a friend or family member of someone in prison, you can find
some useful information [4]here.

 

If you are requesting information we are required to comply with the
Privacy Act 1993, the Official Information Act 1982 and the Victims Rights
Act 2002. This may include seeking consent from the prisoner to release
their information to you.

 

If you are a victim, you will find information about the Victim
Notification Register on our website [5]here.

 

If you are emailing regarding a media query, please contact
[6][email address]

 

Our website, [7]https://www.corrections.govt.nz/ provides up to date news
and information about our work, you can also follow us on [8]Facebook and
[9]Twitter.

 

Kind regards,

The Ministerial Services Team

[10][Department of Corrections request email]

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Good Afternoon

Please find attached a response to your request for information.

The web links included In this response are:
www.corrections.govt.nz/resources/policy...

https://www.corrections.govt.nz/resource...

Kind regards

Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011

-----Original Message-----
From: BAW Russell <[FOI #13126 email]>
Sent: 22 June 2020 9:37 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections <[Department of Corrections request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Prisoner phone call policy

Dear Department of Corrections,

Please provide me with your current policy/s on prisoner phone calls, including the price paid by prisoners, related policies and any policy on managing prisoners access/use of phone calls. Please also provide any material on prisoner phone calls policy prepared, received or gathered in the past six (e.g. research, policy development on alternative approaches, briefings etc).
Yours faithfully,

BAW Russell

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #13126 email]

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Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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