Visitation rights for prisoners who are in hospital

Kate McIntyre made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

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From: Kate McIntyre

Dear Department of Corrections,

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

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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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