OIA Request - Multiple killings at Rimutaka Prison
cybercourtnz made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
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From: cybercourtnz
Dear Department of Corrections,
Please provide a full and detailed report covering the media blackout regarding a series of incidents at Rimutaka Prison.
Yours faithfully,
cybercourtnz
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
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Kia ora,
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Ngâ mihi | Kind regards,
Government Services – Official Correspondence Team
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Good Morning
Before we process this request would you please be able to provide a timeframe of these alleged "killings" and when the media blackout was?
Kind regards
Government Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011
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From: cybercourtnz
Dear Info@Corrections,
Ahh, a Glomar response. And then you put the onus back on me to progress the issue. This is enough for anyone with sufficient critical thinking skills to conclude that these killings did happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_res...
You are the source of the information for the OIA request. Not me.
Proceed.
Yours sincerely,
cybercourtnz
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Good Morning Scott
Please see attached a response from the Department of Corrections.
Kind regards
Government Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011
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From: cybercourtnz
Dear Info@Corrections,
Thanks for the attached letter. But I am not falling for it. You stated:
"We can confirm that no media blackouts have occurred regarding any incidents at Rimutaka
Prison."
If you can confirm it, confirm it.
Yours sincerely,
cybercourtnz
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
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Correspondence team. The [1][Department of Corrections request email] inbox is monitored
from 8.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday excluding public holidays &
weekends.
If your request is urgent and relates to the wellbeing or safety of
someone in prison, please contact the prison directly. Contact details for
all prisons can be found here:
[2]https://www.corrections.govt.nz/about_us...
If you are looking for the location of a person in prison or if you want
to know if someone is in prison, you can request this information using
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will contact you if any further information is required. Please do not
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Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
The Government Services - Official Correspondence Team
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Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011
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From: cybercourtnz
Dear Department of Corrections,
In case you didn't notice, Jeremy, all you have done is provide a different type of Glomar response, wherein you "can confirm" but you don't confirm.
Proceed.
Yours faithfully,
cybercourtnz
From: cybercourtnz
Dear Department of Corrections,
Or perhaps you prefer to call it "media suppression" or "media bans"?
Proceed.
Yours faithfully,
cybercourtnz
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
We can confirm that Corrections does not suppress the media or place a ban on them in anyway.
As mentioned in our previous response, this request is refused in accordance with section 18(g) of the OIA.
Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Government Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011
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From: cybercourtnz
Dear Info@Corrections,
Thanks for the reply. Who (or which agency) does suppress the media regarding incidents and events at Rimutaka Prison and/or other Corrections facilities and regions and areas, etc?
I am still alive, by the way. Despite more efforts.
Yours sincerely,
cybercourtnz
From: cybercourtnz
Dear Info@Corrections,
You have effectively acknowledged that an agency that is not Corrections has covered up a national tragedy, and details of a number of deaths at Rimutaka. And they covered up my survival of it.
You would never use those words. But it's there.
Yours sincerely,
cybercourtnz
From: cybercourtnz
Dear Info@Corrections,
I do wonder if Jeremy Lightfoot departed at a very convenient juncture as Luxon ensured a speedy foothold in MCERT for him.
And no wonder my MCERT involvement and contributions and job application and appointment for a CTO role are neither confirmed nor denied also.
Yet the foolish abuse and threats toward me continued.
Decency and honour dictates fairness and pace.
Does Corrections wish to comment? You are on speaker.
Yours sincerely,
cybercourtnz
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