Prison Services

Prison Services manages 18 of New Zealand's 19 prisons, with over 8,500 prisoners managed by Corrections staff. Prison Services is responsible for ensuring all prisoners are accommodated securely, safely and humanely with minimum risk to public and staff safety.

Prison Services is responsible for ensuring a prisoner's basic needs are met, including appropriate health care, spiritual support, physical exercise and allowing them to maintain pro-social relationships with family and friends.

• New Zealand's rate of imprisonment is 199 per 100,000 compared with the USA with 748 per 100,000 and Australia with 134 per 100,000.
• The average cost per prisoner was $249.25 per day (as of March 2010) or $90,977 per year.
• 55 per cent of sentenced prisoners are engaged in rehabilitation activity.
• 67 per cent of sentenced prisoners are engaged in employment activity.
• Prisoners are fed at a cost of less than $5 a day per person.