Information for visiting prisoners who are in hospital
Kate McIntyre made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice
This request has been withdrawn by the person who made it. There may be an explanation in the correspondence below.
From: Kate McIntyre
Dear Ministry of Justice,
I am interested in the availability for visitation of incarcerated people who are in hospital.
Please provide me with the following information:
1. Are already registered visitors of an incarcerated person able to visit that incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is in hospital?
2. Are close relations of an incarcerated person able to visit that incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is in hospital?
3. Are spouses of an incarcerated person able to visit that incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is in hospital?
4. Are those in a domestic partnership with an incarcerated person able to visit that incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is hospital?
5. Are friends of an incarcerated person and/or acquaintances of an incarcerated person able to visit that incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is in hospital?
6. Are there grounds for compassionate consideration for allowing people to visit an incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is in hospital.
7. Is there a formal application process for being allowed the right to visit an incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is in hospital?
8. If there is a formal application process for being allowed the right to visit an incarcerated person during a time which that incarcerated person is in hospital, approximately how long would an application take to be approved or denied?
9. Are there written guidelines for Department of Corrections and/or hospital staff during visits to incarcerated people during a time which those incarcerated people are in hospital?
9. Please provide written guidelines for Department of Corrections and/or hospital staff during visits to incarcerated people during a time which those incarcerated people are in hospital.
Yours faithfully,
Kate McIntyre.
From: correspondence, official
Ministry of Justice
Good afternoon Ms McIntyre,
thank you for your email. The information you are seeking relates more closely to the functions of the Department of Corrections. Therefore, I have transferred your request to the Department of Corrections under section 14(b) of the Official Information Act. You will receive a response from them in due time. I hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Sophie
Ministry of Justice
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Kate McIntyre left an annotation ()
I have sent the same request to the Department of Corrections myself, and received a response from them
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Luke Chandler left an annotation ()
I note this request is now over due, have you followed up on it yet?
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