Parenting in Prison

Jessica Lim made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections

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From: Jessica Lim

Dear Department of Corrections,

Please provide statistics per year as far as your records allow for the following:

- How many people in the prison are mothers?

- How many people in prison are fathers?

Please break down statistics regarding parenthood and prisoners by age of prisoner, number of children, and age of children as far as records allow.

- How many people (divided by gender) in prison have children aged under 24 months?

- How many prisoners use the Mothers and Babies Unit?

- How many prisoners use the Mothers and Babies Bonding Facility?

- How many prisoners who are eligible have been denied access to the Mothers and Babies Unit?

- How many have been removed or Bonding Facility for Drugs, Neglect or Violence?

Please break this down by offence.

- How many prisoners have babies (under 24 months) out in the community with an alternate caregiver?

- How many prisoners with children in the facility access and the antenatal classes, immunisation, a midwife, Plunket, early childhood education, parenting support, and other services which they are eligible to use?

Is there an official re-entrance plan for people leaving mothers in babies units back into the mainstream population?

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Lim

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Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections -
C103825.

 

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 afternoon

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.

 

Regards

 

Ministerial Services

National Office | Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa |

44-52 The Terrace| Private Box 1206, Wellington 6140 |

 

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