2 June 2023
C168285
Mason
[FYI request #22703 email]
Tēnā koe Mason
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 6 May 2023 to the
Department of Corrections – Ara Poutama Aotearoa, requesting the following information:
- Please provide the OIA response to DEBBIE PORTEOUS of the Otago Times from
2010 that was referenced in this article
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In the 3 months of 2021, September, October, and November:
- On average, how many people were subject to EM at any one time?
- how many faults were recorded for EM equipment?
- please provide the quantities of each type of equipment (OBC, trackers, base
station...) that was retuned for repair or to be sent back to the supplier. Please
itemise each category of equipment; dates are not required, just quantities.
- how many times was EM equipment failed to be charge resulting in an alert in the
monitoring system? RF bracelets did not require charging, so this request is
inherently limited to those who were subject to EM equipment that required charging
(EM Bail, Home detention, Parole).
- how many times was a prosecution launched for a breach of bail / parole / other
form of breach such as a parole recall, result from those failures to charge? Please
forward this portion of the request to the MOJ or Police should that be appropriate.
In which case, it is likely that there may need to be collaboration.
New Buddi system:
In the 3 months of 2022, September, October, and November:
- On average, how many people were subject to EM at any one time?
- how many faults were recorded for EM equipment?
- please provide the quantity of each type of equipment (OBC, trackers, base
station...) that was retuned for repair or to be sent back to the supplier. Please
itemise each category of equipment; dates are not required, just quantitiess.
NATIONAL OFFICE, WELLINGTON
Mayfair House, 44 – 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Private Box 1206, Wellington 6140,
Phone +64 4 460 3000
www.corrections.govt.nz
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- how many times was EM equipment failed to be charge resulting in an alert in the
monitoring system? RF bracelets did not require charging, so this request is
inherently limited to those who were subject to EM equipment that required charging
(EM Bail, Home detention, Parole).
- how many times was a prosecution launched for a breach of bail / parole / other
form of breach such as a parole recall, result from a failure to charge trackers? Please
forward this portion of the request to the MOJ or Police should that be appropriate.
In which case, it is likely that there may need to be collaboration.
Corrections needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request by 20 working
days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as consultations necessary to make a
decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit. Therefore, you can expect to receive a response to
your request by 3 July 2023. If you no longer require this information, please let us know as
soon as possible.
Please be advised that should you have any concerns regarding this response you have the
right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate our decision to extend the timeframe. Contact
details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Ngā mihi
Nic Barkley
Manager Ministerial Services
People and Capability
