Average daily prison population statistics

Ti Lamusse made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

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From: Ti Lamusse

Dear Department of Corrections,

I am interested in the average daily prison population and its demographic make-up.

I understand that there is some detail on the Department of Corrections website, but require further information.

Please provide me with the following:

The average daily prisoner muster broken down by financial year since records began.
- Please break this down further by sex.

The average daily Māori prisoner muster broken down by financial year since records began.
- Please break this down further by sex.

The average daily Pākehā/NZ European prisoner muster broken down by financial year since records began.
- Please break this down further by sex.

The average daily Pacific prisoner muster broken down by financial year since records began.
- Please break this down further by sex.

The average daily Asian prisoner muster broken down by financial year since records began.
- Please break this down further by sex.

The average daily "Other" prisoner muster broken down by financial year since records began.
- Please break this down further by sex.

I want to note the following things for clarification:
-I am requesting data which would show the number of Māori male, Māori female, Māori unknown/unspecified gender, Pākehā male, Pākeha female etc. etc.
-I am interested in the average daily prisoner muster, meaning the average prison population for the given financial/fiscal year. I am not asking for snapshot data. I am not asking for throughput data.

Please call me if you need further clarification. You have my number.

Yours faithfully,

Ti Lamusse

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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:
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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
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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
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Kind regards,

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Dear Ti Lamusse,

 

Thank you for your email of 23 June 2017, requesting information relating
to prison population statistics.

 

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

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From: Ti Lamusse [mailto:[FOI #6046 email]]
Sent: 23 June 2017 3:31 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Official Information request - Average daily prison population
statistics

 

Dear Department of Corrections,

 

I am interested in the average daily prison population and its demographic
make-up.

 

I understand that there is some detail on the Department of Corrections
website, but require further information.

 

Please provide me with the following:

 

The average daily prisoner muster broken down by financial year since
records began.

- Please break this down further by sex.

 

The average daily Māori prisoner muster broken down by financial year
since records began.

- Please break this down further by sex.

 

The average daily Pākehā/NZ European prisoner muster broken down by
financial year since records began.

- Please break this down further by sex.

 

The average daily Pacific prisoner muster broken down by financial year
since records began.

- Please break this down further by sex.

 

The average daily Asian prisoner muster broken down by financial year
since records began.

- Please break this down further by sex.

 

The average daily "Other" prisoner muster broken down by financial year
since records began.

- Please break this down further by sex.

 

I want to note the following things for clarification:

-I am requesting data which would show the number of Māori male, Māori
female, Māori unknown/unspecified gender, Pākehā male, Pākeha female etc.
etc.

-I am interested in the average daily prisoner muster, meaning the average
prison population for the given financial/fiscal year. I am not asking for
snapshot data. I am not asking for throughput data.

 

Please call me if you need further clarification. You have my number.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ti Lamusse

 

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Hello,

 

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

[1]1 [2]4,3,2

 

 

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of Corrections. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it
is addressed and may contain privileged or in confidence material. Any
review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of, by any means, in whole or
part, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons
or entities other than intended recipient are prohibited. If you received
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From: Ti Lamusse

Dear Info@Corrections,

Thank you so much for your response. Please be aware that you did not, however, provide me with the information I requested.

First, the Offender Population/Trends in the Offender Population Reports provide only graphical indications of prisoner numbers. They also do not break it down by gender-ethnicity as I requested.

The Offender Population reports provide some, but not all of the information I requested. I note that the report from 2007, in the "Prison sentenced snapshot at 2007-06-30 by gender-ethnicity-age" section, provides daily snapshot. See here: http://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources...

In the 2009 and 2011 reports there is similar data in the "Prison sentenced snapshots" pages. 2009: http://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources... ; 2011: http://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources...

Each of these pages on your website provides a link to an excel document titled "data spreadsheet", which provides a snapshot of the population for a single day. The 2013 and 2014/15 report do not provide similar raw data.

Regardless, the above data provides snapshots, not average population numbers. The data does not cover every fiscal year either.

Second, the annual reports do not provide the information I requested, broken down by gender and ethnicity. They simply provide an average yearly prison population.

Third, the Stats NZ data is not up to date -- it does not provide me with all information held by Corrections -- and it provides throughput numbers of offences not average numbers of offenders. This is very different from what I was asking for.

Please provide me with the information I have requested. Please call me if you have any further questions.

Yours sincerely,

Ti Lamusse

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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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Hello,

 

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

[1]1 [2]4,3,2

 

 

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information in this message is the property of the New Zealand Department
of Corrections. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it
is addressed and may contain privileged or in confidence material. Any
review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of, by any means, in whole or
part, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons
or entities other than intended recipient are prohibited. If you received
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I have sent a refinement via email to Corrections.

I have requested the raw data of daily muster count broken down by ethnicity and gender, as far back as records permit.

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