Double-bunking and sexual assault
Mark Hanna made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
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From: Mark Hanna
Tēnā koutou,
I would like to request the following information:
1. Broken down by prison, the number of prisoners currently kept in double-bunked cells who have
a. been convicted of a sexual crime.
b. had allegations of sexual assault made against them while in prison.
Please release this information in spreadsheet format, preferably CSV or XSLX.
I understand that the information requested in part 1b may not be recorded, as sexual assault incidents are recorded as part of the “serious assault” category. If this information cannot be provided, please instead provide the same information for serious assault, rather than sexual assault.
2. Any guidelines, documents, or communications regarding how prisoners subject to allegations or convictions of sexual assault should be housed with respect to other prisoners.
If any part of my request is unclear, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
If any of the information that I have requested is unavailable or would be difficult to retrieve, but similar information might be readily available, I would be happy to discuss altering or refining my request.
Nāku, nā,
Mark Hanna
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If you are requesting information about an offender or prisoner, please
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From: Mark Hanna
Tēnā koe,
Today, 2017/09/19, is 20 working days since my request for official information was received on 2017/08/22, and I have not yet been informed of a decision on this request. I would appreciate it if you would ensure that your decision is sent today.
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
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If you are a friend or family member of an offender, you will find useful
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Please note that if you are requesting information about an offender or
prisoner, we are required to comply legislation including 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 [5]here.
Thanks again for contacting us. We will respond to your query as soon as
we are able.
Kind regards,
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Mark Hanna C88400 Extension.pdf
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Dear Mr Hanna,
Please find attached an extension letter in regards to your recent OIA
request.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Mayfair House | 44-52 The Terrace | Private Box 1206 | Wellington
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From: Mark Hanna
Tēnā koe,
The response to this request was due a week ago, but I have not yet received any further communication than the notice of extension sent on 2017-09-19. Please send the response immediately.
Nāku, na,
Mark Hanna
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]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/ provides up to date news
and information about our work. You can also follow us on [2]Facebook and
[3]Twitter.
If you are a friend or family member of an offender, you will find useful
information on our website [4]here.
Please note that if you are requesting information about an offender or
prisoner, we are required to comply legislation including 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 [5]here.
Thanks again for contacting us. We will respond to your query as soon as
we are able.
Kind regards,
[6][Department of Corrections request email]
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From: Mark Hanna
Tēnā koe,
The response to this request was due two weeks ago, despite also having sent a reminder a week after the due date I have not yet received a response. Please send the response immediately.
Please also explain the reasons for the delay, and the reasons why this delay was not communicated to me prior to 2017-10-17 as required under section 15A(3) of the Official Information Act. Please also release all documents and communications regarding this request.
Nāku, na,
Mark Hanna
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I've been informed, via the Office of the Ombudsman, that the Department of Corrections has told them the decision on this request should be sent "no later than Tuesday".
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Mark Hanna C88400 Response.pdf
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Dear Mr Hanna,
Please find attached Corrections’ response to your OIA request.
Please accept our apologies for the delay of this response.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Mayfair House | 44-52 The Terrace | Private Box 1206 | Wellington
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There are several URLs in that PDF which, because it's a scanned image rather than text, cannot be clicked and have to by typed by hand. For convenience, here they are:
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources...
http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/...
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources...
It's unfortunate that Corrections has not released the data in the format I specified, nor have they given a reason why this was not done as required under the OIA. Thankfully there are relatively few numbers so transcribing them by hand won't be difficult, and I expect it was a simple oversight. Nevertheless, I will be adding this to my ongoing complaint with the Ombudsman regarding the extreme lateness of this request.
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Good afternoon,
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Mayfair House | 44-52 The Terrace | Private Box 1206 | Wellington
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retransmission, dissemination or other use of, by any means, in whole or
part, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons
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I have laid the following complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman:
Tēnā koe,
I would like to lodge a formal complaint regarding an overdue response to a request for official information.
The Department of Corrections received a request for official information from me on 2017-08-22. It was extended by a further 20 working days on 2017-09-19. The final day of this extension was 2017-10-17, however this has now passed and I have not yet received a response.
Here is a brief timeline of all correspondence regarding this request to date:
2017-08-22 - The Department of Corrections received my request
2017-08-22 - I received an acknowledgement of receipt of my request from the Department of Corrections
2017-09-19 - I sent a reminder to the Department of Corrections that this was the last of the allowable 20 working days
2017-09-19 - I received an acknowledgement of receipt of my reminder from the Department of Corrections
2017-09-19 - I received a notice from the Department of Corrections that they needed to extend the timeframe of my request by 20 working days
There has been no further correspondence to date.
I have attached a zip file containing all correspondence I have had with the Department of Corrections regarding this request. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if any part of my complaint is unclear, or if you require any more information from me.
Ngā mihi,
Mark Hanna
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