Parole Hearing’s For Life Sentanced Inmates
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From: C Lane
Dear New Zealand Parole Board,
Please provide me with the following information:
-The total number of life sentenced (non-parole period) people who appeared before the Parole Board per annum, as far back as 2014 records. Please break this down by ethnicity and gender.
-The total number of life sentenced people who have been granted parole per annum, as far back as 2014 records permit. Please break this down by ethnicity and gender.
-The success rate of applications for life sentenced parole, broken down by the application attempt number (i.e. successful attempt rate at first parole application, second application etc.). Please break this down per annum as far back as 2014 records permit. Please break this down by ethnicity and gender.
-The total number of life sentenced (with non-parole periods) people granted first parole (on first appearance). Please break this down per annum as far back as 2014.
-The total number of life sentenced people to apply for an early parole hearing before reaching first parole, including success rates, and if possible, reasons for granting early hearing. Please break this down per annum as far back as 2014.
-The total number and type of life parole conditions handed down per annum, as far back as 2014 records permit. Please break this down by ethnicity and gender, if possible.
-At what point does The Parole Board order life sentenced parolees to be banned or forbidden from certain locations? What is the jurisdiction and criteria to make such order? Who makes this decision, is it solely the Board or victims request etc?
-What grounds can parolees dispute such order being made?
Yours faithfully,
C Lane
From: CULLEN, Elyse (NONZPB)
Kia ora,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request to the New
Zealand Parole Board.
The Board needs to extend the timeframe of your request by 20 working days
pursuant to section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA, as the request is for a large
quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large
quantity of information. Therefore you can expect to receive a response by
8 July 2025.
Ngâ mihi,
Elyse Cullen
Senior Advisor | NZPB
M: +64 27 454 5408
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From: CULLEN, Elyse (NONZPB)
Kia ora,
The Board 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 5 August 2025. 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.
Ngâ mihi,
Elyse Cullen
Senior Advisor | NZPB
M: +64 27 454 5408
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