Summary of pregancy and childbirth statistics

Kate McIntyre made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

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From: Kate McIntyre

Dear Department of Corrections,

Please provide me with information and statistics, broken down by women's prison, broken down by year from 2013 to 2018, on the following:

How many prisoners are currently known to be pregnant?

How many prisoners have given birth in custody?

What is the Department of Corrections' policy for caring for prisoners in labour. Are they transported to hospitals?

How many prisoners have given birth in hospitals?

How many prisoners have given birth inside prisons?

What is the process for a pregnant prisoner to access an abortion?

How many prisoners have had an abortion in custody?

How many prisoners have miscarried?

In instances of miscarriage, what medical care did those prisoners receive afterwards?

How many babies born to prisoners were born stillborn?

How many babies born to prisoners were born premature?

How premature babies born to prisoners survived past infancy?

What is the Department of Corrections' policy for caring for pregnant prisoners?

Yours faithfully,
Kate McIntyre.

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Hello Kate

 

Thank you for your email of 21 Nov 2018 requesting various information and
statistics relating to pregnant women prisoners.

 

Please be advised your request has been received, and 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: Kate McIntyre

Dear Info@Corrections,

I would like to follow up with some further questions.

Please provide me with information, broken down by women's prison, broken down by year, from 2013 to 2018 on the following.

How many prisoners have been known to be pregnant?

How many prisoners became pregnant while in custody?

Instances of restraints being used on prisoners while in labour.

Yours sincerely,

Kate McIntyre

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Good afternoon,

 

Please see 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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From: Kate McIntyre

Dear Info@Corrections,

Please respond with the information I have requested.

By law, I should have received a response by the 19th of December. I received a message saying my response would be delayed to the 8th of February. I have still not received a response.

Yours sincerely,

Kate McIntyre

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response for up to 20 working days.

 

Be assured we will endeavour to respond to you as quickly as possible.

 

If you are a friend or family member of someone in prison, you can find
some useful information [1]here.

 

If you are requesting information we are required to comply with the
Privacy Act 1993, the Official Information Act 1982 and the Victims Rights
Act 2002.

 

Unless you are the victim of a serious crime, or there are safety reasons,
we are required to ask the offender for their permission to release their
information to you.  If you do not want the offender to know you are
asking about them, please let us know as soon as possible.

 

If you are a victim, you will find information about the Victim
Notification Register on our website [2]here.

 

If you are emailing regarding a media query, please contact
[email address]

 

Our website, [3]http://www.corrections.govt.nz/ provides up to date news
and information about our work, you can also follow us on [4]Facebook and
[5]Twitter.

 

Kind regards,

The Ministerial Services Team

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From: Kate McIntyre

Dear Info@Corrections,

My request is now long overdue. By law and under all circumstances, my request should have been responded to by now.

Please respond with the information I have requested on prisoner pregnancy and childbirth statistics. I would also like to ask for information as to why the response to my request is taking so long, and for an internal review to be made.

Yours sincerely,

Kate McIntyre

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Good afternoon,

 

Please see attached correspondence from 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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From: Kate McIntyre

Dear Info@Corrections,

Thank you for my response. I would like to follow up about my question:

"What is the process for a pregnant prisoner to access an abortion?"

This question was not answered. Please provide information on this.

I would also like to ask a follow up question on restraints being used on prisoners while in labour.

Have restraints been used on prisoners who are giving birth within the last year, either in prison or in the hospital environment?

Have restraints been used on prisoners who are giving birth within the last three years, either in prison or in the hospital environment?

Finally, as my response was long overdue, I would like an internal review as to why it took so long to answer my request.

Yours sincerely,

Kate McIntyre

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Hello Kate,

 

Thank you for your email of 22 February 2019 requesting information
relating to the process for a pregnant prisoner to access an abortion and
information regarding restraints being used while female prisoners are in
labour.

 

Please be advised your request has been received, and 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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Good afternoon,

 

Please see attached correspondence from 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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Good afternoon,

 

Please see attached correspondence from 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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