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Question 511 (2026)
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Duncan Webb
Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party
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How many prisoners on parole committed suicide in each year for the past three years (if any)?
Answered by
Hon Mark Mitchell
Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Corrections
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I am advised that Corrections is not always notified of the cause of death of a person who is serving a community-based sentence, including parole. Additionally, I am advised that when Corrections is notified of the cause of death, this information is held on the person’s individual file and is not centrally recorded. To provide this information would amount to substantial collation and manual analysis, which I am not prepared to ask of my officials for the purposes of this response.