Requests for visits under Child Protection Protocol
Joshua Grainger made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
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From: Joshua Grainger
Dear Department of Corrections,
The new Department of Corrections Child Protection Protocol makes it so that any prisoner with violence or sexual convictions against children are not able to have visits with any children without permission of the Prison Manager. I would like to request under the OIA:
* how many times have prisoners requested permission from prison managers for visits with a child?
* how many times has permission been granted?
* If possible could I please get a breakdown of this by prison, and by prisoner offense type (sexual vs violence)?
In the event it is not possible to get statistics from across all prisons, could I please request numbers from Christchurch Men's Prison, Christchurch Women's Prison, and Rolleston Prison.
Please feel free to contact me if you wish me to clarify my request.
Yours faithfully,
Joshua Grainger
From: Joshua Grainger
Dear Department of Corrections,
Sorry, just to clarify about my OIA request, when I say
* how many times have prisoners requested permission from prison managers for visits with a child?
what I really mean is
* how many times have prisoners who would usually be prohibited from visits with a child under the Child Protection Protocol requested permission from prison managers for visits with a child?
Yours faithfully,
Joshua Grainger
From: Joshua Grainger
Dear Department of Corrections,
I sent an OIA request on the 28th of September about visits under the new child protection protocol. The statutory deadline for responding to that request was the 24th of October. I had not yet received a response to that request. Please give me an update on the status of my request.
Yours faithfully,
Joshua Grainger
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Hello Mr Grainger
Please find attached an OIA extension from the Department of Corrections. Please note that the stuatory deadline was today, the 28 October 2014. The OIA allows for 20 working days for a response. You submitted your request on a Sunday, which is not a working day, and there was also a public holiday (Labour Day) on Monday 27 October 2014.
Regards
Ministerial Services Team
National Office
Department of Corrections
Mayfair House
44-52 The Terrace
Private Bag 1206
Wellington 6140
www.corrections.govt.nz
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From: Joshua Grainger
Dear Info@Corrections,
The extended deadline for responding to my OIA request was yesterday. I have not yet recieved a response. Can you please advise as to the status of my request?
Yours sincerely,
Joshua Grainger
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Thank you for contacting the Department of Corrections. This is an
automatic reply to let you know that we have received your email.
Our website, [1]www.corrections.govt.nz provides up to date news and
information about the work of the Department of Corrections.
If you are requesting information about an offender or prisoner, please
note that we are required to comply with the Privacy Act 1993, the
Official Information Act 1982 and the Victims Rights Act 2002.
This means that unless you are the victim of a serious crime, or there are
other safety reasons, we must ask the prisoner or offender if they consent
to their information being released to you. If you do not want the
offender to know that you are asking about them, please send us another
email and let us know.
If you are a victim of serious crime, you will find information about the
Victim Notification Register on our website:
[2]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/community...
If you are a friend or family member of an offender, you will find useful
information on our website:
[3]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/working_w...
If you are looking for information about managing offenders in the
community, visit:
[4]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/about-us/...
If you are looking for information about managing offenders in prison,
visit:
[5]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/about-us/...
Once again, thank you for contacting us. We will respond to your query as
soon as we are able. Please note that due to the high volume of emails we
receive, it may take us some time to respond to you, however every effort
will be made to comply with the timeframes outlined in the Privacy Act
1993 and the Official information Act 1982.
Kind regards,
[6][email address]
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Hello
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Regards
Ministerial Services Team
National Office
Department of Corrections
Mayfair House
44-52 The Terrace
Private Bag 1206
Wellington 6140
[1]www.corrections.govt.nz
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