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Tēnā koe James

On behalf of Minister Davis, thank you for your OIA request. A response will be provided to you as per the requirements of the Official Information Act.

Nāku noa, nā

Office of Hon Kelvin Davis
Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
Minister of Children
Minister of Corrections
Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)

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-----Original Message-----
From: James <[FOI #22959 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 30 May 2023 1:24 PM
To: K Davis (MIN) <[Kelvin Davis request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Prison population reduction measures

Dear Kelvin Davis,

As per your speech to the Labour Party Congress 2023 “We have safely reduced the prison population – there are almost 1000 fewer Māori in prison than when we became government”

Under the OIA please detail the safety measures/systems/data/research used to determine that the prison population was “safely reduced” as you stated.

This should include but not be limited to all data, research papers, reports and information about the release of prisoners and any correlation with an increase in crime rates etc.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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Tēnā koe James

 

Please find attached the response to your OIA request.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

 

Office of Hon Kelvin Davis

Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

Minister of Children

Minister of Corrections

Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)

 

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