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Kia ora,

 

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Ngā mihi | Kind regards,

Ministerial Services

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-----Original Message-----
From: Grace Gordon <[FOI #16984 email]>
Sent: 01 October 2021 4:28 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections <[Department of Corrections request email]>
Subject: CM: Official Information request - COVID-19 policies and
practices

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

I am interested in learning about the Department's response to COVID-19
and the response to the Ombudsman's recommendations.

 

1) Has the Department of Corrections conducted any research into the
management of COVID-19 in prisons?

1a) If yes, please provide me with those research documents.

 

2) Has the Department consulted research from other jurisdictions about
policies and practices to manage COVID-19?

2a) If so, please provide me with the names of these pieces of research,
where I can find them and when these projects were completed?

 

3) How has this research informed the Department’s COVID-19 response?

 

4) What rationale was used for keeping Spring Hill prison in level 3 while
the wider Waikato community was moved to level 2?

4a) What policy guidance and research informed this decision?

 

5) In the Office of the Ombudsman’s report into the management of COVID-19
in prisons, it is stated that the Department has accepted all the Chief
Ombudsman’s recommendations. Please advise me on the steps that the
Department has made to ensure the recommendations have been fulfilled.

5a) Please outline the steps taken in response to each specific
recommendation.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Grace Gordon

 

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Good afternoon

 

Please find attached an extension letter for your request for information.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

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

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Good morning

 

Please find attached a response to your request for information.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

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

 

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