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New Zealand Case Law

Detention location (residence v prison)
  • 25 Jun 2020

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v PORI [2020] NZHC 1446 [25 June 2020]

    Citation
    [2020] NZHC 1446
    Court
    High Court

    On the provisional evidence the respondent met the s7 eligibility and s13 behavioural criteria and posed a very high and imminent risk of serious sexual offending; less restrictive options must be considered and tried before ordering prison detention; Matawhāiti had not been tried and was ordered as the appropriate location for the interim detention order starting 25 June 2020; the court directed consideration of mental health or intellectual disability statutory applications and listed the substantive PPO for further hearing on 3 August 2020.

    • Public protection order
    • Interim detention order
    • Extended supervision order breach
    • Detention location (residence v prison)
    • Risk assessment
    • Mental disorder/intellectual disability referral