M.04.05.Res.01 Approved purposes for temporary removals

Note: This section does not cover temporary removals for judicial purposes under section 65 of the Corrections Act 2004.

Temporary removals to recognise or maintain a family relationship or a friendship

1. Examples include attending a funeral or tangi.

Temporary removals to obtain medical, or other, assessment or treatment

1. Guideline: Temporary removals for medical or other assessment or treatment include the following admissions and appointments, however this list is not exhaustive:
   1. Appointments with general medical practitioners or medical specialists for assessment or treatment that is not available in the prison.
   2. Appointments at hospitals or medical centres for outpatient treatment that is not available in the prison.
   3. Admissions to hospitals for treatment (under escort / guard).
   4. Admissions to hospices, geriatric, and palliative care institutions (under escort / guard).
   5. Appointments with dentists and dental technicians for assessment or treatment that is not available in the prison.
   6. Appointments with physiotherapists, podiatrists or similar for assessment or treatment that is not available in the prison.
   7. Appointments with psychiatrists or psychologists for assessment or treatment that is not available in the prison.
   8. Appointments with eye specialists and opticians for assessment or treatment that is not available in the prison.
   9. Other medical appointments approved by the prison’s medical officer.

Note: Where prison directors wish to remove escorts / guards under points c and d above, an application for temporary release for medical and other treatment / care purposes must be made and approved prior to the escorts / guards being removed.

Temporary removals to give birth, or to attend the birth of a prisoner’s child, or visit the prisoner’s newborn child

Temporary removals to engage with, take part in, or attend a religious, community, cultural, educational, recreational, service, or sporting group activity, or event

1. Guideline: Should be pursuant to an offender management plan objective or as recommended by the New Zealand Parole Board, provided travel is within the prison locality.
2. Guideline: For religious services / events / activities travel should be within the prison locality and where the service or activity cannot practicably be carried out in the prison.

Temporary removals to undertake an activity that supports the rehabilitative or re-integrative needs of the prisoner

1. Such activities may include:
   1. attending a family group conference or restorative justice conference
   2. attending a programme
   3. seeking paid employment (see POM section M.04.07 Release to work for processes related to release to work)
      - Guideline: To be undertaken on confirmation of an appointment with the employer or agency and pursuant to an offender management plan objective, or as recommended by the New Zealand Parole Board, provided travel is within the prison locality.
   4. seeking or receiving vocational training
      - Guideline: To be undertaken pursuant to an offender management plan objective and provided travel is within the prison locality.

Temporary removals to prepare for the possibility of release

1. Such preparations may include:
   1. engaging with a person or agency that will support the prisoner on release
   2. purchasing equipment or possessions needed on release.

Guideline: To be undertaken on confirmation of an appointment with the person or agency and pursuant to an offender management plan objective, provided travel is within the prison locality.

Note: Travel related to any temporary removal need not be in the prison locality if the prisoner is willing and able to pay for the costs of their temporary removal, including the costs of staff supervising the prisoner.

IOMS Temporary removal purpose table

1. The following table details the temporary removal purposes and sub categories for use when creating an application on IOMS:

Reg 29 Reference	IOMS Application Type	IOMS Secondary Purpose (POM Reference)
1 (a)	Recognise or maintain a family relationship or a friendship	to visit the prisoner’s family
		to visit a member of the prisoner’s family, or a close friend who is seriously ill or incapacitated
		to accompany a seriously ill member of the prisoner’s family to medical treatment, and support the family member at the treatment
		to attend the funeral, tangi, or subsequent ceremonial commemoration of the death (for example, the unveiling of a headstone) of a family member or close friend
		to visit a person with whom the prisoner is in a close relationship, where the continuation of that relationship is in jeopardy
		to meet the needs of the prisoner’s family if the prisoner is seriously ill and unlikely to recover
		to recognise or maintain a family relationship or friendship
		other reason to recognise or maintain a family relationship or a friendship
1 (b)	Obtain medical, or other, assessment or treatment	to attend any agency for assessment or treatment of the prisoner’s rehabilitative or re-integrative needs
		to obtain, whether by appointment or otherwise, medical, surgical, or dental assessment or treatment that is not available in the prison
		to have a tattoo removed (including any pre-procedure assessments and post-procedure checks)
		to obtain other medical, or other, assessment or treatment
1 (c)	Give birth, or to attend the birth of the prisoner’s child, or visit the prisoner’s newborn child	to give birth
		to attend birth of prisoner’s child
		to visit prisoner’s newborn child
1 (d)	Engage with, take part in, or attend a religious, community, cultural, educational, recreational, service, or sporting group activity, or event	to attend a community facility for educational, cultural, or recreational purposes
		to attend a religious service or a religious activity
		to be involved in a community project or other re-integrative activity in association with staff or members of service clubs, religious or cultural groups, or other community organisations
		to participate in an outdoor pursuit activity
		to participate in a sports team, or play sport as a member of a club or team participating in a local competition, or attend a sporting event as a spectator
1 (e) (i)	Undertake an activity that supports the rehabilitative or re-integrative needs of the prisoner	to attend a family group conference
1 (e) (i)		to attend a restorative justice conference
1 (e) (ii)		to attend a programme at an approved agency for assessment or treatment of the prisoner’s rehabilitative or re-integrative needs
1 (e) (iii)		to seek paid employment (whether directly with a prospective employer or through an agency)
1 (e) (iv)		to seek or receive vocational training
1 (e)		to undertake any other activity that support the rehabilitative or re-integrative needs of the prisoner
1 (f) (i)	Prepare for the possibility of release	to engage an agency or person that will support the prisoner on release
1 (f) (i)		to obtain from family or friends personal property where this cannot be done by other means and the property is reasonably required before the prisoner’s release
1 (f) (ii)		to purchase equipment or possessions needed on release
1 (f)		to visit a community facility for educational, cultural, or recreational purposes as part of preparing for release
		to be temporarily removed for any other reason to prepare for the possibility of release