Good morning Ms McIntyre,

Acknowledging receipt of your OIA request of 07 April 2019 titled "Life sentences in New Zealand", as below.

We have passed this to the relevant business unit and you can expect a response on or before 08 May 2019.

Kind regards,

Alex Pickard
Advisor | Official Correspondence
Communications
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture

-----Original Message-----
From: Kate McIntyre <[FOI #10035 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 7 April 2019 11:19 p.m.
To: correspondence, official <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Life sentences in New Zealand

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Please provide me with the following information:

-The total number of people who are currently serving life sentences in New Zealand prisons.

-The total number of people who have been sentenced to a life sentence but have been released from prison.

-The total number of life sentences handed down per annum, as far back as records permit. Please break this down further by ethnicity and gender.

Yours faithfully,

Kate McIntyre

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Good morning Ms McIntyre,

 

I refer to your official information request dated 07 April 2019, as
below, relating to Life Sentences in New Zealand.

 

We have transferred part of your request to the Department of Corrections.
The first two questions of your request -

 

-The total number of people who are currently serving life sentences in
New Zealand prisons.

 

-The total number of people who have been sentenced to a life sentence but
have been released from prison.

 

—are not held by us but are believed to be held by the Department of
Corrections. In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the
OIA to transfer your request.

 

You will hear further from the Department of Corrections concerning those
parts of your request.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Alex Pickard

Advisor | Official Correspondence

Communications

Ministry of Justice | Tâhû o te Ture

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kate McIntyre <[FOI #10035 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 7 April 2019 11:19 p.m.
To: correspondence, official <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Life sentences in New Zealand

 

Dear Ministry of Justice,

 

Please provide me with the following information:

 

-The total number of people who are currently serving life sentences in
New Zealand prisons.

 

-The total number of people who have been sentenced to a life sentence but
have been released from prison.

 

-The total number of life sentences handed down per annum, as far back as
records permit. Please break this down further by ethnicity and gender.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Kate McIntyre

 

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Kia ora Kate,

 

Please find attached your OIA response.

 

Many thanks,

Lydia.

 

   

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Dear Ms McIntyre

 

Please see attached Corrections response to your email of 7 April 2019.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Ministerial Services

National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington | Private Bag 1206,
Wellington 6140

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