24 June 2025
C198136
Alexander Bowers-Mason
[FYI request #31081 email]
Tēnā koe Alexander
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 25 May 2025 to the
Department of Corrections – Ara Poutama Aotearoa, requesting the following information:
The snapshot number of people held in separates/punishment/pound cells in New
Zealand prison. 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 times a person was sent to separates/punishment/pound cells,
broken by year since 2009.
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 22 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
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