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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your email of 11 February 2020 requesting information
relating to how a prisoner may overturn bad file notes, such as false
allegations.

 

Please be advised your request has been received, and will be considered
under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Caleb Lane <[FOI #12206 email]>
Sent: 11 February 2020 12:06 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections <[Department of Corrections request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - File Notes

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

How dose an inmate over turn bad file notes, such as false allegations, or
such impossible incidents? Including,

 

- Bad file notes by staff members that have been found guilty of miss
treatment of inmates?

 

- Staff that have been fired after making such file notes?

 

- Incidents that aren’t classified as been “wrong” under law, or P.O.M?
Such as, scrubbing cell floors, not saying goodnight to staff when they
have said goodnight, masturbation.

 

- Incidents which aren’t humanly possible? E.g if another inmate was
involved in a situation/incident which you weren’t a part of, but you had
been classed as an associate of that inmate, can you be bad file noted
along with that inmate?

 

- Why are female staff able to see/watch male inmates showering, and able
to file note when the inmates make a stand toward this? Female staff
shouldn’t be working in these environments let alone seeing inmates naked,
this is hugely disrespectful culturally.

 

Yours faithfully,

Moka Harris

 

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Kia ora

 

Please find attached Corrections Correspondence

 

Kind Regards,

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Freyberg House, 20 Aitken Street, Thorndon,
Wellington, 6011

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-----Original Message-----
From: Caleb Lane <[FOI #12206 email]>
Sent: 11 February 2020 12:06 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections <[Department of Corrections request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - File Notes

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

How dose an inmate over turn bad file notes, such as false allegations, or
such impossible incidents? Including,

 

- Bad file notes by staff members that have been found guilty of miss
treatment of inmates?

 

- Staff that have been fired after making such file notes?

 

- Incidents that aren’t classified as been “wrong” under law, or P.O.M?
Such as, scrubbing cell floors, not saying goodnight to staff when they
have said goodnight, masturbation.

 

- Incidents which aren’t humanly possible? E.g if another inmate was
involved in a situation/incident which you weren’t a part of, but you had
been classed as an associate of that inmate, can you be bad file noted
along with that inmate?

 

- Why are female staff able to see/watch male inmates showering, and able
to file note when the inmates make a stand toward this? Female staff
shouldn’t be working in these environments let alone seeing inmates naked,
this is hugely disrespectful culturally.

 

Yours faithfully,

Moka Harris

 

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