Wrongful Imprionment and Wrongful Release Information
Joshua Grainger made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
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From: Joshua Grainger
Dear Department of Corrections,
In a response to an Official Information Act request by Alex Harris, viewable at http://fyi.org.nz/request/targets_for_pu..., it was noted that there had been one wrongful imprisonment and two wrongful releases at a Serco run prison. I would like to request under the Official Information Act some information related to this. I would like to request:
a) The total number of wrongful releases across all prisons during the same target period that Serco was assessed against
b) The total number of wrongful imprisonments across all pruisons during the same target period that Serco was assessed against
c) Any reports, correspondence, emails, papers, other documents or information that relate to the one wrongful imprisonment and/or two wrongful releases that occurred at a Serco prison or any following investigation
d) Any reports, correspondence, emails, papers, or other documents or information that relate to the last wrongful release and wrongful imprisonment that occurred at a Department of Corrections ran prison or any following investigation
I do not know the scope of documents that fall under requests C and D. In the event it is large enough that the Department will be requesting a charge or refusing under s18(f) I would like to instead request that the titles or subjects of the released information be disclosed, so that I can further refine my request to the pieces of information most relevant.
Feel free to contact me if you wish me to clarify my request.
Yours faithfully,
Joshua Grainger
From: OCE Corrections Info
Department of Corrections
Dear Mr Grainger
Thank you for your Official Information Act request of 7 May 2012
(C58512).
We seek an extension on the time limit for responding to your request
under section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as the consultations necessary to make
a decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot
reasonably be made within the original time limit.
The extension is for an additional 15 working days. The response will
therefore be sent to you by 26 June 2012. Should it become available at an
earlier date, I will ensure it is sent to you.
You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigation the decision to
extend the timeframe for your request. Contact details are:
Office of the Ombudsmen
PO Box 10152
Wellington
Yours sincerely
Ministerial Servicing Team
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From: Joshua Grainger
Dear OCE Corrections Info,
I would note that your extended deadline for answering my Official Information Act passed yesterday. May I please have an immediate update on the status of my request.
Yours sincerely,
Joshua Grainger
From: OCE Corrections Info
Department of Corrections
Thank you for your email. A further response will be made at the earliest
possible opportunity. Due to the volume and nature of correspondence
received by the Department, responses can take some time to be finalised.
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From: MILLER, Paul (WELLHO)
Department of Corrections
D12 274303 J Grainger 14 Aug 12 Unlawful detentions Wrongful releases.PDF.pdf
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Dear Mr Grainger,
Please find attached the Dept's response to your OIA request of 7 May
2012:
<<D12-274303 J Grainger - 14 Aug 12 - Unlawful detentions & Wrongful
releases>>
We apologise for the delay in responding.
Regards
Paul Miller
Ministerial Services Manager
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Department of Corrections. It is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged material.
Any review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of, by any means, in whole or
part, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons
or entities other than intended recipient are prohibited. If you received
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all
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Joshua Grainger left an annotation ()
And, yet again, I misspelt "imprisonment" in the subject line of my request. *sigh*
I should really check these things more carefully.
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