Dear Mr Andrews,

 

Thank you for your email of 9 March 2014 requesting information relating
to the terms of prisoner canteen services agreement .

 

Your request will be considered under the Official Information Act 1982
and you will receive a response by 7 April 2014.

 

Kind Regards,
info@corrections Team

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Ian Andrews
[[1]mailto:[OIA #1527 email]]

Sent: 09 March 2014 6:27 p.m.

To: Ministerial Services

Subject: Official Information Act request - Explain terms of prisoner
canteen services agreement

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

Re: Service Level Agreement(SLA) Between Corrections Inmate Employment
(CIE) , PS & FSI  Auckland Prison P119 Canteen Services at Auckland Prison

 

(1) When was the Agreement last reviewed ?

(2)Why has the requirement for CIE to "actively seek opportunities for
limited price specials" never been followed in practice. ( e.g. Xmas stock
of chocolates is still on sale 3 months later at the Xmas price , rather
than  being  quickly discounted as in  other stores )

(3) What procedures are in place to review prices 3 monthly to ensure
prisoners "receive value" , as provided in the SLA? Please provide
examples where this has occured , on the assumption it has ?

(4) How are prices set? Why are they  usually materially higher than
supermarket non discounted prices , when cheap prison labour ( at Auckland
Womens Correctional Facility ) is used for distribution ?  How does
Corrections ensure it does not breach the Fair Trading Act ?

(5) Why is  fruit not packed and delivered more promptly than 3 days ,
given the  propensity of  it , particularly bananas , to spoil during that
period  and become unfit for consumption?  Why will CIE not accept returns
of such spoiled product , as  all providers of consumer products are
required to do under the Consumer Guarantees Act?  

 (6) What steps are taken to ensure  prisoners orders are met , rather
than being returned as "out of stock" , which leaves prisoners  unable to 
reorder or substitute order for  a further week ?

(7) Was the prisoner purchasing contract required to be  established by
Corrections Act s.46  advertised for tender before being given to  an
internal provider ? If so , what was the result of the tender ?

(8)How does  Corrections manage its dominant  market position ( being a
monopoly provider of purchases to prisoners ) to ensure it does not
breach  the Restrictive Trade Practices provisions in Part 2 of the
Commerce Act ?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

I Andrews

 

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Hello

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections. 

 

Regards

 

 

Ministerial Services Team

National Office

Department of Corrections

Mayfair House

44-52 The Terrace

Private Bag 1206

Wellington 6140

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Hello

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections. 

 

Regards

 

 

Ministerial Services Team

National Office

Department of Corrections

Mayfair House

44-52 The Terrace

Private Bag 1206

Wellington 6140

[1]www.corrections.govt.nz

 

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Hello

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections. 

 

Regards

 

 

Ministerial Services Team

National Office

Department of Corrections

Mayfair House

44-52 The Terrace

Private Bag 1206

Wellington 6140

[1]www.corrections.govt.nz

 

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