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Thank you for your email of 21 Nov 2018 requesting various information and
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kate McIntyre [mailto:[FOI #9092 email]]
Sent: 21 November 2018 3:49 p.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Official Information request - Summary of pregancy and childbirth
statistics

 

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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Good afternoon,

 

Please see attached Correspondence from the Department of Corrections.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Ministerial Services

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Good afternoon,

 

Please see attached correspondence from Corrections.

 

 

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Hello Kate,

 

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information regarding restraints being used while female prisoners are in
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kate McIntyre [mailto:[FOI #9092 email]]
Sent: 22 February 2019 11:56 a.m.
To: Info@Corrections
Subject: Re: Correspondence from Corrections

 

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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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

 

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Please see attached correspondence from Corrections.

 

 

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