Prisoners and election day
Ti Lamusse made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
The request was partially successful.
From: Ti Lamusse
Dear Department of Corrections,
1. Please provide me with the projected sentenced prisoner muster for September 2017.
a) Please break this down by ethnicity and gender, if possible.
2. Please provide me with the projected sentenced prisoner muster for specifically September 23, 2017 (if such a projection exists)
a) Please break this down by ethnicity and gender, if possible.
I understand that although sentenced prisoners are prevented from voting, remand prisoners are entitled to vote.
3. What policies and procedures are put in place to ensure that remand prisoners can vote?
4. Can remand prisoners early vote?
5. Are remand prisoners given information about various parties and candidates prior to the election?
Yours faithfully,
Ti Lamusse
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
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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
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Dear Ti,
Please find attached the Department’s response to your OIA request.
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
Dear Info@Corrections,
Please be aware that you did not answer my question relating to early voting, which is not covered in the relevant section of the POM. I would still like an answer.
For clarity, I will reiterate my question:
Can remand prisoners early vote?
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 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,
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Dear Ti,
Thank you for your email of 02 September 2017, requesting further
information relating to remand prisoners.
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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-----Original Message-----
From: Ti Lamusse [mailto:[FOI #6424 email]]
Sent: 02 September 2017 7:04 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: HPRM: Re: Ti Lamusse - C88232 - Response
Dear Info@Corrections,
Please be aware that you did not answer my question relating to early
voting, which is not covered in the relevant section of the POM. I would
still like an answer.
For clarity, I will reiterate my question:
Can remand prisoners early vote?
Yours sincerely,
Ti Lamusse
-----Original Message-----
Dear Ti,
Please find attached the Department’s response to your OIA request.
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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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
Clearly they don't get an extra 20 working days to respond to this question just because they wrongfully refused part of your request.
However, they still have until the 13th of September before the original 20 working day deadline for this request. Hopefully that's what they mean.
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Dear Ti,
Please find attached the Department's response to your request.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Mayfair House | 44-52 The Terrace | Private Box 1206 | Wellington
-----Original Message-----
From: Ti Lamusse [mailto:[FOI #6424 email]]
Sent: 02 September 2017 7:04 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Re: Ti Lamusse - C88232 - Response
Dear Info@Corrections,
Please be aware that you did not answer my question relating to early voting, which is not covered in the relevant section of the POM. I would still like an answer.
For clarity, I will reiterate my question:
Can remand prisoners early vote?
Yours sincerely,
Ti Lamusse
-----Original Message-----
Dear Ti,
Please find attached the Department’s response to your OIA request.
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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Ti Lamusse left an annotation ()
Weirdly, they answered my question (can remand prisoners early vote?) but then said they refused my request.
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence
Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
As far as I can tell, part 4 of your request ("Can remand prisoners early vote?") is not answered on the page linked to by Corrections: http://www.corrections.govt.nz/resources...
As such, they should not have refused this part of your request under s18(d).
Link to this