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How well do you know the Department of Corrections and the prison environment in New Zealand? Test yourself with our ten minute quiz (answers can be found on page 6). All answers based on latest available data.

  1. Approximately how many people are in prison at the moment?
  2. What % of the prison population is male?
  3. What is the definition of a ‘remand prisoner’?
  4. How many prisoners are on remand as a % of the prison population?
  5. Within Corrections, what is ‘community work’?
  6. How many offenders are currently undertaking ‘community work’?
  7. By how much, approximately, has the imprisonment of women risen since 2004?

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