Reprimands/Charges and mattress's following the riot and destruction of "Waikeria Top Jail"

Mr M P Ross made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

The request was refused by Department of Corrections.

From: Mr M P Ross

Dear Department of Corrections,

Under the Official Information Act I request the following information.

Following the end of the Dec 2020/Jan 2021 riot and surrender of 16 prison inmates that destroyed the "Waikeria Top Jail";

1) How many of the above inmates were internally charged/reprimanded/lost privileges/conditions etc?

2) What were the specific reprimands/lost privileges/conditions etc in each case?

3) Did any of the 16 rioters having destroyed mattress's (along with the rest of the 'top jail', receive a brand new or improved mattress on relocation to another part of Waikeria Prison or another prison following their riot, destruction, arson and surrender?

Yours faithfully,

Mr M P Ross

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your email of 27 January 2021 requesting information
relating to the prisoners that were involved in the Waikeria prison riot.

 

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.

 

Ngâ 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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Dear M P Ross,

Please find attached Corrections response to your OIA request.

Kind regards,

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

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I've laid a complaint with the Ombudsman based around information being refused for privacy reasons, considering I didn't ask questions that could identify a particular person on the entire planet, let alone Waikeria Prisons.

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