Dear B.E Goodsir,

 

Thank you for your email of 18 September 2016, requesting information
relating to sexual assaults in New Zealand prisons.

 

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: B E Goodsir [mailto:[FOI #4620 email]]
Sent: 18 September 2016 2:08 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Official Information request - Change of serious assault data
recording practices

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

In a response dated 26/06/12 to an OIA request from Alex Harris about the
number of sexual assaults in New Zealand prisons (Response C58464
[2]https://fyi.org.nz/request/204/response/...)
the department of corrections was able to provide details as to the number
of alleged sexual assaults from 2006 - 2011, distinct from the total
number of serious assaults.

 

In a response dated 07/10/15 to a similar request from Allie Maxwell
(Response C72793
[3]https://www.fyi.org.nz/request/2955/resp...)
the department was unable to provide  the number of sexual assaults
distinct from the total number of serious assaults.

 

Could you please inform me of the following:

1. Why was the data for the number of sexual assaults in prison available
in 2012 but not in 2015?

2. Did the Department of Corrections policy regarding the collection of
data on serious and sexual assaults in prisons change between 2012 and
2015?

3. Please provide any information on any advice the Department has
received on changing the way that sexual assaults are reported between
2010 and 2016

 

Yours faithfully,

 

B E Goodsir

 

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Hello B E Goodsir,

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.

 

Kind regards,

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

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

 

Reducing re-offending by 25%

 

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Dear B E Goodsir,

 

Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.

 

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

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

 

Reducing re-offending by 25%

 

 

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