Searches of prisoners
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From: Kate McIntyre
Dear Department of Corrections,
Please provide me with the following information, from as far back as records permit until the current date. Please provide this information for each prison, broken down by both fiscal year and purpose of the search (e.g. Section 98(7) of the Corrections Act 2004):
1. The total number of searches carried out on prisoners
2. The total number of searches carried out on cells
Please also explain any relevant caveats that should be kept in mind when analysing this information.
Yours faithfully,
Kate McIntyre
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Hello Kate,
Thank you for your email of 11 April 2019 requesting information relating
to searches carried out on prisoners and searches carried out in cells at
NZ prisons.
Please be advised your request has been received, and will be considered
under the Official Information Act 1982.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44 - 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011
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From: Kate McIntyre
[mailto:[FYI request #10057 email]]
Sent: 11 April 2019 11:12 a.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Official Information request - Searches of prisoners
Dear Department of Corrections,
Please provide me with the following information, from as far back as
records permit until the current date. Please provide this information for
each prison, broken down by both fiscal year and purpose of the search
(e.g. Section 98(7) of the Corrections Act 2004):
1. The total number of searches carried out on prisoners 2. The total
number of searches carried out on cells
Please also explain any relevant caveats that should be kept in mind when
analysing this information.
Yours faithfully,
Kate McIntyre
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
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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of Corrections. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it
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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
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Good morning
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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is addressed and may contain privileged or in confidence 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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4. https://nz.linkedin.com/company/departme...
5. https://twitter.com/correctionsnz?lang=en
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Good afternoon,
Please find attached correspondence from Corrections.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Ara Poutama Aotearoa, Department of Corrections
a: Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1206, Wellington 6140
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information in this message is the property of the New Zealand Department
of Corrections. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it
is addressed and may contain privileged or in confidence 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
computers.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.corrections.govt.nz/
2. https://twitter.com/correctionsnz?lang=en
3. http://www.corrections.govt.nz/
4. https://www.facebook.com/CorrectionsNZ/
5. https://nz.linkedin.com/company/departme...
Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
I would recommend you ask the Department of Corrections to re-send this information in an accessible format, such as a spreadsheet for tabular data.
Currently, having sent sideways images of tables of data, the information is about as difficult to use as they could possibly have managed.
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
I see the Department of Corrections continues to choose to use the inaccessible format of image-based PDFs for their OIA response letters, and it seems they have also stopped their practice of sending the URLs embedded in these images as text.
Here is the URL embedded in the image of their response letter they have sent:
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources...
Link to this