Hello,

 

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Please note we are currently operating on a limited capacity and your
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community, please check our FAQs using the link below:

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email address you can write to:
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details on our website:

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Depending on the nature of your request you may not receive an official
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some useful information [4]here.

 

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your email of 18 August 2020 requesting information relating
to why prisoners are segregated, both voluntary and direct segregation.

 

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

 

Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details
redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on Corrections’
website.

 

Ngā mihi | Kind regards,

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011

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Kia ora,

Please see the attached correspondence from Corrections.

Regards,

Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011

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Kia ora Sophie,

Please see the attached correspondence from Corrections.

Regards,

Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011

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