Released under the OIA

See a selection of information released under the Official Information Act 1982. Files may contain redacted sections as required under the Act.

Publication date Response date Details of the request
1 November 2023 25-Jan-23 C162338 - Requesting information about people in prison who are subject to a deportation order PDF, 439.1 KB
16-Jan-23 C161816 - Requesting information about the cost of Corrections’ recruitment advertisements PDF, 416.2 KB
19-Dec-22C161893 - Requesting information about policies and strategies used to reduce prison population PDF, 304.2 KB
16-Dec-22 C161424 - Requesting information about people who have been convicted of murder PDF, 665.2 KB
16-Dec-22 C161193 - Requesting information about escape and abscond statistics PDF, 528.4 KB
C161193 - Appendix Two - EM Bail Statistics PDF, 255.9 KB
14-Dec-22 C161059 -Requesting statistics on those that have been sentenced to time PDF, 491.6 KB
13-Dec-22 C159346 - Requesting information about traumatic brain injuries (TBI) PDF, 294.9 KB
C159346 - Appendix One -Requesting information about traumatic brain injuries (TBI) PDF, 1.1 MB
08-Dec-22 C159587 - Requesting information about staff at Northland Region Corrections Facility (NRCF) PDF, 347.8 KB
05-Dec-22 C159991 - Requesting information about Case Management at Canterbury Prisons PDF, 436.2 KB
02-Dec-22 C159917 - Requesting information about communications relating to the management of media queries PDF, 365.1 KB
C159917 - Appendix One PDF, 719.8 KB
22-Nov-22 C158598 - Information relating to a previous response from Corrections PDF, 381.0 KB
C158598 - Appendix One PDF, 1.3 MB
15-Nov-22 C159588 - Requesting statistics about remand prisoners PDF, 618.0 KB
09-Nov-22 C158838 - Requesting information about home detention PDF, 752.1 KB
09-Nov-22 C160275 - Requesting information about assaults on staff at various prisons PDF, 232.0 KB
01-Nov-22 C158848, 52, 54 - Requesting information about contraband, gang affiliations and assaults PDF, 1.9 MB
28-Oct-22 C158033 - Incidents of self-harm, Arohata Prison and temporary removal to attend funerals PDF, 507.7 KB
C158033 - Appendix Two_A PDF, 7.6 MB
C158033 - Appendix Two_B PDF, 8.2 MB
20-Oct-22C157423_Information_about_the_Ombudsman_report_relating_to_OCF_use_of_force_events_and_property_claims PDF, 641.9 KB
4 April 2023
14-Oct-22

C156852 Appendix 1 XLSX, 1.0 MB

05-Oct-22
05-Oct-22

C157774 Appendix 1 PDF, 157.5 KB

29-Sep-22
15-Sep-22

C156049 Appendix 1 PDF, 12.8 MB

13-Sep-22
09-Sep-22
25-Aug-22

C154565 Appendix 1 PDF, 741.0 KB
C154565 Appendix 2 PDF, 764.1 KB

19-Jul-22
13-Jul-22

C150309 Appendix 1 XLSX, 1.1 MB

13-Jul-22
07-Jul-22
30 November 2022
15 August 2022 C155294 Police officers in custody PDF, 220.5 KB
7 July 2022 C152060 Drones PDF, 333.3 KB
30 May 2022 C149851 Extended supervision orders PDF, 740.7 KB
27 May 2022 C149920 Release to work PDF, 235.4 KB
C149920 Release to work - Appendix 1 PDF, 182.4 KB
19 May 2022 C149512 Dyslexia in prison PDF, 207.3 KB
C149512 Dyslexia in prison - Appendix one PDF, 1.5 MB
13 May 2022 C149481 Most prescribed medicine in prison PDF, 285.3 KB
C149481 Most prescribed medicine in prison Appendix one PDF, 90.5 KB
9 May 2022 C149505 Maximum security prisoners at Auckland Prison PDF, 327.4 KB
6 May 2022 C149013 Fires lit in prison cells PDF, 300.4 KB
19 November 2021 C143001 People serving community-based sentences and orders PDF, 111.0 KB
C143001 Appendix 1 XLSX, 17.1 KB
3 May 2022 C149408 Remand accused and remand sentenced prisoners PDF, 202.8 KB
8 April 2022 C149272  Solitary confinement and segregation PDF, 307.9 KB
30 March 2022 C148686 Instant noodle sales in prisons PDF, 431.6 KB
22 March 2022 C149840 Prisoners with gang affiliations PDF, 257.1 KB
C149840 Prisoners with gang affiliations Appendix 1 PDF, 2.0 MB
22 March 2022 C148223 Official Information Act requests PDF, 491.1 KB
4 March 2022 C146461 Information about Provision of Advice to the Courts reports PDF, 368.0 KB
28 February 2022 C145297 Women in prison on remand PDF, 307.4 KB
C145297 Appendix 1 Women in prison on remand XLSX, 11.8 KB
14 February 2022 C145886 and C145887 Notification process for victims and JD for probation officers PDF, 260.4 KB
C145887 Appendix 1 Probation officer job description XLSX, 11.8 KB
8 February 2022 C144373 Nurse entry to practice PDF, 265.2 KB
31 January 2022 C144719 Programmes re trauma based therapy PDF, 336.2 KB
23 December 2021 C138662 Prison psychologists and counsellors, appointments for psychological help and self-harm incidents PDF, 300.1 KB
2 December 2021 C139272 Sexual assaults in prisons PDF, 661.0 KB
30  November 2021 C137738 Media requests for interviews with prisoners PDF, 305.8 KB
7 March 2022 16 July 2021 C137639 - Reoffending on home detention and supervision PDF, 491.1 KB
30 July 2021 C138166 - Information given to prisoners about media engagement PDF, 294.6 KB
30 July 2021 C138409 - Weddings in prisons PDF, 428.0 KB
4 August 2021 C135071 - Babies born in prison PDF, 340.2 KB
C135071 - Babies born in prison - Appendix One PDF, 1.2 MB
12 August 2021 C135435 - Spending to date on the Maori Pathways initiative PDF, 655.9 KB
16 August 2021 C136983 - Prisoner employment and income schemes PDF, 328.8 KB
C136983 - Prisoner employment and income schemes - Appendix One PDF, 703.2 KB
 C136983 - Prisoner employment and income schemes - Appendix Two PDF, 2.3 MB
27  September  2021 C139625 - Investigations into Corrections staff PDF, 577.3 KB
9 October 2021 C141508 - Habitation centres evaluation report PDF, 216.4 KB
C141508 - Habitation centres evaluation report - Appendix PDF, 3.6 MB
20 October 2021 C141712 - Corrections  carbon neutrality by 2025 PDF, 312.0 KB
21 October 2021 C141615 - Contractual relationship with Serco PDF, 302.0 KB
21 October 2021 C141781 - Alcohol and drug programmes PDF, 329.5 KB
C141781 - Appendix - Alcohol and drug programmes XLSX, 28.4 KB
12 November 2021 C142687 - Prison stats - preventive detention, life sentences PDF, 442.2 KB
18 November 2021 C143119 - Performance payments PDF, 141.5 KB
C143119 - Performance payments - Appendix One PDF, 774.4 KB
2 December 2021 C143532 - Remand and sentence stats PDF, 232.5 KB
15 December 2021 C144233 - Housing for people released from prison in the Rotorua area PDF, 310.9 KB
C144233 - Remand and sentence stats - Appendix PDF, 4.2 MB 
21 December 2021 C142429 - Alcohol and drug programmes - costs PDF, 249.3 KB
23 December 2021 5 October 2021 C133922 - Spending of mental health and addiction budget allocations
PDF, 232.3 KB
19 September 2021 C131801 - Corrections staff who have been investigated at work PDF, 862.4 KB
9 July 2021 C134997 - Corrections spending on drug-related activity
PDF, 339.0 KB
4 June 2021 C134456 - Number of people who breached their sentence of community work over the past five years
PDF, 383.8 KB
25 May 2021 C133838 - Corrections contracts, data on suicide and contraband drug seizures in NZ prisons PDF, 316.4 KB
C133838 Appendix One PDF, 158.7 KB  
C133838 Appendix Two PDF, 137.4 KB
C133838 Appendix Three PDF, 76.6 KB
C133838 Appendix Four PDF, 251.2 KB
21 May 2021
C133345 - Misconducts progressing through the internal disciplinary process
PDF, 124.9 KB
13 May 2021
6 May 2021
27 April 2021 C132538 - Custodial disciplinary hearings PDF, 131.5 KB 
7 April 2021 C130130 - Statistics on investment, use and results of cognitive-behavioural therapy
PDF, 487.4 KB
12 March 2021 C129170 - Double bunking and cell sizes PDF, 123.2 KB
9 March 2021 C130216 - Contraband and drug testing in prisons
PDF, 1.3 MB
3 March 2021 C132102 - Corrections insurance policies
PDF, 141.6 KB
3  March 2021 C126964 - Compassionate leave granted to people in prison
PDF, 989.7 KB
6 September 2021  C134621 – Practice Review into placement of Aaron Laurence (aka Aaron Castle) PDF, 9.8 MB
30 June 2021 26 May 2021 C132256 – Prisoner assaults on other prisoners PDF, 148.9 KB
C132256 Appendix One PDF, 74.5 KB
C132256 Appendix Two PDF, 154.1 KB
30 June 2021 12 May 2021
30 June 2021 12 May 2021 C133751 – Individuals held in segregation at prison PDF, 1.4 MB
C133751 Appendix One PDF, 210.9 KB
30 June 2021 30 April 2021 C133685 – Australian citizens in New Zealand prisons PDF, 422.4 KB
30 June 2021 27 April 2021 C132138 – Gangs in New Zealand prisons PDF, 105.6 KB
C132138 Appendix One PDF, 209.3 KB
30 June 2021 12 April 2021 C130408 – 2018/19 Wellbeing Budget for the Māori Pathways Initiative PDF, 298.5 KB
30 June 2021 7 April 2021 C131079 – Assaults on prison staff PDF, 169.4 KB
C131079 Appendix One PDF, 84.9 KB
C131079 Appendix Two PDF, 82.4 KB
30 June 2021 7 April 2021 C130130 – Information regarding cognitive-behavioural therapy PDF, 503.5 KB
30 June 2021 6 April 2021 C131024 – People committing offences while subject to a community-based sentence or order PDF, 500.9 KB
30 June 2021 1 April 2021 C131255 – Corrections policies for staff on different topics PDF, 715.0 KB
C131255 Appendix One PDF, 303.0 KB
C131255 Appendix Two PDF, 340.6 KB
C131255 Appendix Three PDF, 422.5 KB
C131255 Appendix Four PDF, 204.5 KB
C131255 Appendix Five PDF, 929.9 KB
C131255 Appendix Six PDF, 230.9 KB
30 June 2021 10 December 2020 C129626 – Use of the cell buster by Corrections PDF, 104.5 KB
C129626 Appendix One PDF, 66.3 KB
22 June 2021  

B4120 Waikeria ex-gratia payments - approval to draft a cabinet paper PDF, 507.3 KB

B4137 Cabinet paper proposing ex-gratia payments to staff and people in prison  due to

Waikeria riot PDF, 1.1 MB
Cabinet paper - ex-gratia payments  to staff and prisoners due to the Waikeria riot. PDF, 202.2 KB

7 April 2021 12 February 2021 C127276 Temporary release of people in prison PDF, 733.7 KB
7 April 2021 10 February 2021 C127273 Electronic Monitoring data from the 2014/15 to 2019/20 financial years PDF, 827.0 KB
7 April 2021 10 February 2021
7 April 2021 10 February 2021 C128077/C128095 Information on contraband in New Zealand prisons PDF, 351.1 KBC128077/C128095 Appendix one XLSX, 2.6 MB
7 April 2021 9 February 2021
7 April 2021 2 February 2021 C130318 Information regarding the disorder event at Waikeria Prison PDF, 153.5 KB
7 April 2021 12 January 2021 C127382 Information regarding convicted child sex offenders managed by Corrections PDF, 1.3 MB
7 April 2021
23 December 2020
7 April 2021 21 December 2020 C126459/C126456/C126471/C126466 Various information regarding older prisoners, COVID-19 testing and safety procedures, and staff demographics. PDF, 5.6 MB
7 April 2021 15 December 2020 C126653 Escapes from custody from the 2015/16 to 2019/20 financial years PDF, 2.1 MB
18 December 2020 30 September 2020 C122527 Information regarding incidents of violence in prisons involving people with gang affiliations PDF, 513.3 KB
18 December 2020 28 September 2020 C125101 Information regarding visits by Members of Parliament to prisons PDF, 297.0 KB
18 December 2020 24 September 2020 C125697 Preventive Detention between the 2009-2020 financial years PDF, 756.1 KB
18 December 2020 23 September 2020 C124483 Transgender and gender diverse individuals in custody PDF, 385.6 KB
18 December 2020 22 September 2020 C124282 The current canteen (P119) items available in prisons PDF, 433.3 KB
18 December 2020 9 September 2020 C123180 A copy of the review into lockdown hours in prisons PDF, 1.5 MB
18 December 2020 9 September 2020 C123358 People in prison with gang affiliations PDF, 911.2 KB
18 December 2020 9 September 2020 C123415 Phone calls from people in prison PDF, 2.1 MB
18 December 2020 1 September 2020 C122556 Operational review into lockdown hours at Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility PDF, 3.1 MB
18 December 2020 13 August 2020 C122752 Information regarding deaths in custody (2005-2020) PDF, 504.5 KB
18 December 2020 13 August 2020 C123213 Information about the EM Bail population and High Impact Innovation (HIIP) team PDF, 2.0 MB
18 December 2020 12 August 2020 C122893 Information about assaults and use of force over the last five financial years PDF, 2.6 MB
18 December 2020 11 August 2020 C121464 Information on local operating manual procedures supporting Health Care Pathway Policy PDF, 1.5 MB
18 December 2020 3 July 2020 C121146 Operational Review into an incident at Christchurch Men’s Prison on 29 October 2019 PDF, 7.1 MB
  30 October 2020 Information relating to costs associated with the sentencing of the Christchurch terrorist PDF, 194.4 KB
26 June 2020 18 May 2020 B4023 Community Engagement for the Housing and Support Services Programme – May to July 2020 PDF, 777.3 KB
June 2020 13 May 2020 B4024 Minimum entitlements – one hour of physical exercise PDF, 1.6 MB
June 2020 16 April 2020 B4016 Impact Analysis for proposed legislative amendment to section 139 of the Corrections Act 2004 PDF, 1.1 MB
June 2020 16 April 2020 B4014 Support available for people being released from prison in COVID-19 Alert Level 4 PDF, 797.8 KB
June 2020 23 April 2020 B4017 Update on deportees in the COVID-19 context PDF, 1.0 MB
June 2020 6 April 2020 B4011 Proposed legislative amendment to section 139 of the Corrections Act 2004 PDF, 1.3 MB
May 2020 26 March 2020 B4008 Request to issue Epidemic Management Notices to ensure the Parole Board can make decisions and community sentences can be administered effectively PDF, 7.9 MB
May 2020 25 March 2020 B4009 Measures to mitigate the risks posed by COVID-19 Update 2 PDF, 1.7 MB
May 2020 23 March 2020 B4006 Measures to mitigate the risks posed by COVID-19 PDF, 2.3 MB
  10 September 2018 SSC Inquiry into the Use of External Security Consultants PDF, 2.0 MB.