Good afternoon Mr Wilson,

 

Acknowledging your Official Information Act request regarding the total
cost around enforcing, prosecution and incarceration of cannabis offences.

 

We have passed this on to the relevant business unit for response.

 

You can expect a response on or before 10th June 2019.  

 

Kind Regards,

   

[1]http://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/shared... Gina Mills
Advisor |
Official
Correspondence
Communications
Ministry of
Justice | Tāhū
o te Ture

 

show quoted sections

Kia ora Mr Wilson,

 

Please see attached a transfer letter in regard to your Official
Information Act request of 10 May 2019.

 

Kind regards,

Ariana

[1]Description: Description: Description: Ministerial Services Unit
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Ministry of Justice  |
 [2][email address]

Justice Centre  |  19 Aitken
Street  | DX Box SX 10088

Wellington  | New Zealand | 
[3]justice.govt.nz

 

 

show quoted sections

References

Visible links
2. mailto:[email address]
3. http://www.justice.govt.nz/

Good afternoon Mr Wilson

 

In accordance with section 14 of OIA, your request for information, as it
relates to the total cost of incarceration of cannabis offenses,  has been
partially transferred to the Department of Corrections for response.

 

In order to respond to your request, we require clarification whether by
“cannabis offences” you are referring to possession offence types only, or
both possession and supply offence types.

 

Once we receive a response, we will process your request. Alternatively,
please let us know if you no longer require this information.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

National Office, Mayfair House, 44 – 52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

 

 

show quoted sections

Good afternoon Mr Wilson

 

Please note that as it has not been specified with due particularity in
accordance with section 12 of the OIA, Corrections is not at this time
proceeding with your request for information.

 

Please get in touch with the clarification requested below, if you would
like Corrections to proceed with your request.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

National Office, Mayfair House, 44 – 52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

 

 

From: Info@Corrections
Sent: 20 May 2019 3:47 p.m.
To: '[FOI #10289 email]'
Subject: Official Information request - Cost of enforcing cannabis laws
2018 - C108351

 

Good afternoon Mr Wilson

 

In accordance with section 14 of OIA, your request for information, as it
relates to the total cost of incarceration of cannabis offenses,  has been
partially transferred to the Department of Corrections for response.

 

In order to respond to your request, we require clarification whether by
“cannabis offences” you are referring to possession offence types only, or
both possession and supply offence types.

 

Once we receive a response, we will process your request. Alternatively,
please let us know if you no longer require this information.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

National Office, Mayfair House, 44 – 52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

 

 

show quoted sections

Thank you for contacting the Department of Corrections; this is an
automatic reply to confirm we have received your email – please do not
reply to this e mail.

 

Depending on the nature of your request you may not receive an official
response for up to 20 working days.

 

Be assured we will endeavour to respond to you as quickly as possible.

 

If you are a friend or family member of someone in prison, you can find
some useful information [1]here.

 

If you are requesting information we are required to comply with the
Privacy Act 1993, the Official Information Act 1982 and the Victims Rights
Act 2002.

 

Unless you are the victim of a serious crime, or there are safety reasons,
we are required to ask the offender for their permission to release their
information to you.  If you do not want the offender to know you are
asking about them, please let us know as soon as possible.

 

If you are a victim, you will find information about the Victim
Notification Register on our website [2]here.

 

If you are emailing regarding a media query, please contact
[email address]

 

Our website, [3]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/ provides up to date news
and information about our work, you can also follow us on [4]Facebook and
[5]Twitter.

 

Kind regards,

The Ministerial Services Team

[6][email address]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The
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/working_w...
2. http://www.corrections.govt.nz/informati...
3. http://www.corrections.govt.nz/
4. https://www.facebook.com/CorrectionsNZ/
5. https://twitter.com/correctionsnz
6. mailto:[email address]

Hello Christopher,

 

Thank you for your email of 19 June 2019 requesting information relating
to cannabis offences.

 

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

[1][IMG] [2][IMG] [3][IMG] [4][IMG]
[5][IMG]

 

 

 

 

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The
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://www.facebook.com/CorrectionsNZ/
3. https://nz.linkedin.com/company/departme...
4. https://twitter.com/correctionsnz?lang=en
5. http://www.corrections.govt.nz/

Good afternoon

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Correction –
C109452.

 

Kind regards,

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44 - 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011

[1][IMG] [2][IMG] [3][IMG] [4][IMG]
[5][IMG]

 

 

 

 

show quoted sections

Dear Christopher
Please find the attached response.
Kind regards 
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

===============================================================

WARNING

The information contained in this email message is intended for the
addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.

Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect
those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
error, please email or telephone the sender immediately

Good afternoon

 

Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

National Office, Mayfair House, 44 – 52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The
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.