Wrongful Imprionment and Wrongful Release Information

Joshua Grainger made this Official Information Act request to Department of Corrections

The request was partially successful.

From: Joshua Grainger

7 May 2012

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

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Joshua Grainger left an annotation ( 7 May 2012)

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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From: OCE Corrections Info
Department of Corrections

1 June 2012

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

27 June 2012

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

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From: OCE Corrections Info
Department of Corrections

27 June 2012

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

14 August 2012

Attachment 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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