Dear Department of Corrections,

On the 23 October 2015, through an OIA request, Jeremy Lightfoot stated that there were 19 transgender or intersex prisoners in New Zealand prisons. I would like some updated information about this part of the prison population.

My questions are:
1) what is the total number of transgender and intersex prisoners?
2) what is the total number of transgender prisoners?
3) what is the total number of intersex prisoners?
4) of the total number of transgender and intersex prisoners, how many identify as a) women, b) men or c) a neither of those genders? If there are known intersex prisoners, note how many intersex prisoners specifically identify as men, women, or neither.
5) Of the total number of transgender and intersex prisoners, how many are in men's prisons and how many are in women's prisons? Please break this down further as follows:
--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as men who are in men's prisons
--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as men who are in women's prisons
--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as women who are in men's prisons
--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as women who are in women's prisons
--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as neither who are in men's prisons
--the total number of trans/intersex people who identify as neither who are in women's prisons
6) Please break down the total number of trans people by ethnicity. I understand this data may not be readily available. However, as there were only 19 people who Corrections thought to be transgender as of October 2015, it would take very little time (and would very much be in the public interest), to pull up the file of each transgender prisoner and note their ethnicity for this request.

Yours faithfully,

Ti Lamusse