Prisoner perspectives and experiences relating to sexual assault in prison
B E Goodsir made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
The request was partially successful.
From: B E Goodsir
Dear Department of Corrections,
Background
1) In 2012 Alex Harris requested the number of prison assaults in each of the previous 5 years (ref C58464). And received a response from the Department of Corrections.
2) In response to a request in October 2016 the Department of Corrections indicated that the information provided to Mr Harris was unverified and self-reported, and therefore provided in error.
I would like to request that the Department provide all relevant information on prisoner's perspectives and experiences relating to sexual assault in New Zealand to the extent that it has been reported to the Department since 2012. I would like to receive an update on the statistics provided to Mr Harris. Because I am interested in the perspectives and experiences of the prisoners, I do not consider it relevant whether or not corrections finds this information to be reliable or not.
If this information does not currently exist in a form that can be readily supplied to me, please provide an explanation as to why the information existed in a form that could be readily supplied to Mr Harris in 2012, and further provide any information relating to the changes in reporting procedure that have resulted in this information no longer being readily available.
Yours faithfully,
B E Goodsir
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Dear B E Goodsir
Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa |
Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington | Private Bag 1206,
Wellington 6140 |
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review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Good afternoon
Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa |
Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington | Private Bag 1206,
Wellington 6140 |
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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
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all
computers.
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