Review of Directed Segregation
Ti Lamusse made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
The request was refused by Department of Corrections.
      From: Ti Lamusse
      
    
    Dear Department of Corrections,
In Inspector Pauline Rimmer's report to the Chief Executive of Corrections, following the death of Tipene Dawson Pomare (aka Te Huna), Ms Rimmer recommended that Corrections establish "whether the practice of full 14 days' segregation for prisoners on initial segregation is widespread nationally and how the management of such prisoners is reviewed/recorded" AND "whether the practice of denying association for prisoners on initial segregation is widespread nationally and how the management of prisoners who are denied the ability to associate with others is reviewed/recorded."
I understand that this review of the use of directed segregation took place.
Please provide me with the report/findings of Corrections' review/investigation of the use of directed segregation following the death of Mr Te Huna.
Yours faithfully,
Ti Lamusse
        From: Info@Corrections
        Department of Corrections
      
    
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        From: Info@Corrections
        Department of Corrections
      
    
    Hello
 
Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
 
Kind regards,
 
 
Ministerial Services Adviser |
National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa |
44-52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011 | Private Box 1206, Wellington 6140 |
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      From: Ti Lamusse
      
    
    Dear Info@Corrections,
Thank you for your response.
Please clarify for me the following elements of your response:
1) Did the Department establish whether the practice of full 14 day segregation for prisoners on initial segregation is widespread?
2) Please release the data used to determine this.
3) Did the Department establish whether the practice of denying association for prisoners on initial segregation is widespread?
4) Please release the data used to determine this.
5) Was a policy document created that contained the words "Directed Segregation Review"? Was this document approved by the Chief Executive of Corrections and/or the Minister?
Yours sincerely,
Ti Lamusse
        From: Info@Corrections
        Department of Corrections
      
    
    Thank you for contacting the Department of Corrections.  This is an
 automatic reply to let you know that we have received your email.
 
Our website, [1]http://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.
 
If you are a victim of serious crime, you will find information about the
 Victim Notification Register on our website:
 [2]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/informati...
 
If you are a friend or family member of an offender, you will find useful
 information on our website:
[3]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/working_w...
 
If you are looking for information about managing offenders in the
 community, visit:
 [4]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/working_w...
 
Once again, thank you for contacting us.  We will respond to your query as
 soon as we are able.  Please note that due to the high volume of emails we
 receive, it may take us some time to respond to you, however every effort
 will be made to comply with the timeframes outlined in the Privacy Act
 1993 and the Official information Act 1982.
 
Kind regards,
[5][Department of Corrections request email]
 
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 5. mailto:[Department of Corrections request email]
        From: Info@Corrections
        Department of Corrections
      
    
    Hello
 
Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
 
Kind regards,
 
 
Ministerial Services |
National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa |
44-52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011 | Private Box 1206, Wellington 6140 |
[1]1 [2]4,3,2
 
 
 
 
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