12 June 2025
C197507
Ti Lamusse
[FYI request #30972 email]
Tēnā koe Ti
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 14 May 2025 to the
Department of Corrections – Ara Poutama Aotearoa, requesting the following information:
1.
-The snapshot number of people on Directed Segregation in New Zealand prisons.
Please break this down by quarterly snapshot since December 2009. Please provide
the snapshot population on the same day as the overall prison snapshots provided on
the Department of Corrections website
-The total number of Directed Segregation starts, broken by year since 2009.
-The total number of individuals starting Directed Segregation, broken by year since
2009.
2.
-The snapshot number of people in ARUs in New Zealand prisons. Please break this
down by quarterly snapshot since December 2009. Please provide the snapshot
population on the same day as the overall prison snapshots provided on the
Department of Corrections website
-The total number of ARU starts, broken by year since 2009.
-The total number of people who spent time in ARUs, broken by year since 2009.
Please note you have provided me with some of this data already here:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffyi.org.nz%2Fr
equest%2F6291-directed-segregation-and-aru-numbers%23comment-
1993&data=05%7C02%7Cinfo%40corrections.govt.nz%7C3a09865b42ad427378d408
dd92718e05%7Cfc4d60d1bb674d7b898109a1c54e91ea%7C0%7C0%7C63882773876
0947358%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAu
MDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C80000%7C%7C
%7C&sdata=8TQOcnlIm%2BIEX%2FV%2B%2BLVSk5hLHnROLl3ZS1M4LsjOuXQ%3D&r
eserved=0
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
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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your request by 11 July 2025. If you no longer require this information, please let us know as
soon as possible.
I hope this information is helpful. 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
Jeremy Lythgoe
Manager Ministerial Services
People and Capability
