COTA reports 2015

Danny Pickering made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

The request was refused by Department of Corrections.

From: Danny Pickering

Dear Department of Corrections,

Please provide me with all reports produced by the Office of the Ombudsman under its COTA authority in 2015.

Yours faithfully,

Danny Pickering

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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:
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If you are a friend or family member of an offender, you will find useful
information on our website:

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If you are looking for information about managing offenders in the
community, visit:
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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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Dear Mr Pickering,

 

 

Thank you for your email of 31 July 2017, requesting information relating
to reports produced by the Office of the Ombudsman under its COTA
authority in 2015.

 

Your request will be considered under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Ana.

 

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa

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

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Dear Mr Pickering

 

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
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all
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From: Danny Pickering

Dear Department of Corrections,

Thank you for your response.

You have declined my request under s 18(d) of the Act. Although you stated it was under s 18(e), that was clearly a typo as s 18(e) refers to situations where “the document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to locate it, cannot be found”. I take you to mean s 18(d), “that the information requested is or will soon be publicly available”.

In response to a complaint regarding a separate request declined under s18(d), the Ombudsman stated:

“I would like to suggest that in future cases where section 18(d) is being considered as a reason for refusal, the following points are taken into account:
- Releasing the information to requestors as soon as reasonably practicable particularly where no harm or prejudice has been identified in the release of the information;
- Providing requestors with a specific date (or a date by which) it is expected that the information will be released; and
- Notifying requestors by providing a link to the information when it becomes known that the release of the information is imminent.”

Please notify me when the information I requested will be released.

Yours sincerely,

Danny Pickering

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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 our work. You can also follow us on [2]Facebook and
[3]Twitter.

 

If you are a friend or family member of an offender, you will find useful
information on our website [4]here.

 

Please note that if you are requesting information about an offender or
prisoner, we are required to comply legislation including 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 [5]here.

 

Thanks again for contacting us. We will respond to your query as soon as
we are able. 

 

Kind regards,

 

[6][Department of Corrections request email]

 

 

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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
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all
computers.

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Dear Mr Pickering,

 

Thank you for your email of 08 September 2017, requesting information
relating to reports under the COTA authority.

 

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]1 [2]4,3,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Mr Pickering

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

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Good morning Danny,
 
Further to your request below and Corrections subsequent decision to
decline your request pursuant to section 18(d) of the Official Information
Act, please be advised that Corrections have now loaded a large number of
COTA reports for the years 2009-2015 on our website.
 
You can access them here:
[1]http://corrections.govt.nz/news/latest_n...
 
Kind regards,
 
Ministerial Services
National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
44-52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011 | Private Box 1206, Wellington 6140
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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