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Relating to the 24% increase of incarcerated women between September 2024 - September 2025, has there been a change in risk tolerance by Corrections, Police or the Courts, and who directed that shift?

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Tamatha Paul

Member for Wellington Central · Green Party

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  • Relating to the 24% increase of incarcerated women between September 2024 - September 2025, has there been a change in risk tolerance by Corrections, Police or the Courts, and who directed that shift?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Corrections

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I am advised that Corrections continues to manage each person remanded or sentenced to a term of imprisonment in line with their obligations under the Corrections Act 2004 and the Corrections Regulations 2005. I am further advised that Corrections has not changed the way it manages a person's risk during their term of imprisonment over the 12-month period requested.