Application for judicial review of decision to decline prisoner temporary removal to attend his father’s funeral – Corrections Act 2004, ss 62, 64 – is there a rational basis for the prison manager’s decision that removal to attend the funeral might pose an undue risk to the safety of the community? –  relief: mandatory order or reconsideration?

Smith v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2024] NZHC 3584 per Boldt J