Mr Davis said Tarrant sent two of the letters to his mother but didn’t know who had received the other five letters. “Corrections themselves have acknowledged the failing here … this individual should not be able to share his hateful message from behind prison doors,” she said.Ĭorrections Department Chief Executive Christine Stevenson apologised for the distress the letter may have caused to victims of the March 15 attacks and said Tarrant had been stopped from sending or receiving any more letters until the department had processes in place to ensure the safety of the public.Ĭorrections Minister Kelvin Davis told RNZ that Tarrant had sent seven letters since he’d been in jail and had written two more letters that prison staff had withheld. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has promised never to mention Tarrant by name, was furious. A still from accused Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant’s lifestream of the mosque attacks which left 51 dead and wounded 50 more.
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