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Nature of arrangements regarding child sex offender

Paul Matthews made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

The request was refused by Department of Corrections.

From: Paul Matthews

Dear Department of Corrections,

Could you please provide the following:

1. All documentation in relation to contracting arrangements between the Department of Corrections and PACT Group.

2. All internal and external emails, letters, meeting notes or minutes, and any other documentation or correspondence by or with the Department of Corrections, in relation to PACT Group.

3. Details of all services provided under contract to the Department of Corrections by PACT Group.

4. All internal and external emails, letters, meeting notes or minutes, and any other documentation or correspondence by or with the Department of Corrections, in relation to the decision to house a convicted child sex offender in a residential neighbourhood in Maungaraki, Lower Hutt.

5. The total cost to the Department of Corrections for the accommodation, monitoring and management of the convicted child sex offender currently being housed by PACT Group, under referral from the Department of Corrections, in Maungaraki, Lower Hutt.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Matthews

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Department of Corrections

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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.

 

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Victim Notification Register on our website:
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Department of Corrections

Attachment Response C79762.pdf
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Hello,

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.

 

Regards,

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

Mayfair House | 44-52 The Terrace | Private Box 1206 | Wellington

[1]www.corrections.govt.nz

 

Reducing re-offending by 25%

 

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review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
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part, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons
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