Dear Mr Lamusse,

 

Thank you for your email of 5 September 2016, requesting information
relating to transgender and intersex prisoners.

 

Your request will be considered under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

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

[1]www.corrections.govt.nz

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ti Lamusse [mailto:[FOI #4557 email]]
Sent: 05 September 2016 6:36 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Official Information request - Number and ethnicity of
transgender prisoners

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

On the 23 October 2015, through an OIA request, Jeremy Lightfoot stated
that there were 19 transgender or intersex prisoners in New Zealand
prisons. I would like some updated information about this part of the
prison population.

 

My questions are:

1) what is the total number of transgender and intersex prisoners?

2) what is the total number of transgender prisoners?

3) what is the total number of intersex prisoners?

4) of the total number of transgender and intersex prisoners, how many
identify as a) women, b) men or c) a neither of those genders? If there
are known intersex prisoners, note how many intersex prisoners
specifically identify as men, women, or neither.

5) Of the total number of transgender and intersex prisoners, how many are
in men's prisons and how many are in women's prisons? Please break this
down further as follows:

--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as men who are in
men's prisons --the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as
men who are in women's prisons --the total number of trans/intersex people
who identify as women who are in men's prisons --the total number of
trans/intersex people who identify as women who are in women's prisons
--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as neither who
are in men's prisons --the total number of trans/intersex people who
identify as neither who are in women's prisons

6) Please break down the total number of trans people by ethnicity. I
understand this data may not be readily available. However, as there were
only 19 people who Corrections thought to be transgender as of October
2015, it would take very little time (and would very much be in the public
interest), to pull up the file of each transgender prisoner and note their
ethnicity for this request.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ti Lamusse

 

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Dear Mr Lamusse,

 

Please find attached the Department’s response to your OIA requests.

 

Kind Regards

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

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

 

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