Request prisoner on staff assaults

cody harbour made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

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From: cody harbour

Dear Department of Corrections, I request the number off staff assaulted by prisoners for the years 2013 and 2014.

Yours faithfully, Cody Harbour

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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections

Thank you for contacting the Department of Corrections.  This is an
automatic reply to let you know that we have received your email.  

Our website, [1]www.corrections.govt.nz provides up to date news and
information about the work of the Department of Corrections.

 

If you are requesting information about an offender or prisoner, please
note that we are required to comply with the Privacy Act 1993, the
Official Information Act 1982 and the Victims Rights Act 2002.

 

This means that unless you are the victim of a serious crime, or there are
other safety reasons, we must ask the prisoner or offender if they consent
to their information being released to you.  If you do not want the
offender to know that you are asking about them, please send us another
email and let us know.

 

If you are a victim of serious crime, you will find information about the
Victim Notification Register on our website:
[2]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/community...

 

If you are a friend or family member of an offender, you will find useful
information on our website:

[3]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/working_w...

 

If you are looking for information about managing offenders in the
community, visit:
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If you are looking for information about managing offenders in prison,
visit:
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Once again, thank you for contacting us.  We will respond to your query as
soon as we are able.  Please note that due to the high volume of emails we
receive, it may take us some time to respond to you, however every effort
will be made to comply with the timeframes outlined in the Privacy Act
1993 and the Official information Act 1982.

 

Kind regards,

[6][Department of Corrections request email]

 

 

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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections

Dear Mr Harbour,

Thank you for your email of 17 May 2015 requesting information relating to assaults on staff by prisoners.

Your request will be considered under the Official Information Act 1982.

Kind Regards
Ministerial Services Team
National Office
Department of Corrections
Mayfair House
44-52 The Terrace
Private Bag 1206
Wellington 6140
www.corrections.govt.nz

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Attachment C71689 Interim response to C Harbour.pdf
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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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Ian Andrews left an annotation ()

Corrections Dept appears to routinely if not consistently wait for the 20 working day response period to nearly expire , then ask for a further 20 days to reply.

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Attachment C71689 OIA Response to Cody Harbour.pdf
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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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