Double-bunking in New Zealand prisons
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From: Sophie Morgan
Dear Department of Corrections,
I am interested in the Department's double-bunking policies and the expansion of those policies across New Zealand prisons in recent years. My questions are as follows:
How many prisons in New Zealand currently practice double-bunking?
Which specific prisons is double-bunking currently practiced in?
How many prisoners are currently being double-bunked?
With the expansion of double-bunking, will any New Zealand correctional facilities be fully double-bunked? That is, does the Department currently have plans in place to fully double-bunk any given prison in this country?
If the answer to the above is affirmative, which facilities specifically are going to be fully double-bunked?
How many transgender prisoners are currently placed in a double-bunked cell?
How many LGBTIQ prisoners are currently placed in a double-bunked cell?
Yours faithfully,
Sophie Morgan
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Hello,
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Kind 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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