Prison facts and statistics - September 2013

This page shows statistical information on the:

Prisoner population by location and status
(as at 30 September 2013)

Prison

Status

Total

  Remand Sentenced  
Male 1,497 6,464 7,961
Auckland 1 638 639
Christchurch Men's 158 706 864
Hawke's Bay 113 518 631
Invercargill 25 116 141
Manawatu 59 225 284
Mt Eden Corrections Facility 648 242 890
Northland Corrections Facility 86 406 492
Otago Corrections Facility 44 362 406
Rimutaka 103 787 890
Rolleston 0 256 256
Spring Hill Corrections Facility 0 817 817
Tongariro/Rangipo 0 458 458
Waikeria 182 491 673
Whanganui 78 442 520
Female 98 415 513
Arohata 15 54 69
Auckland Women's Corrections Facility 67 295 362
Christchurch Women's Corrections Facility 16 66 82
Total 1,595 6,879 8,474

Total prison population

Total prison population

 


Percentage of prisoners in different age groups 

Age range

 


Percentage of sentenced prisoners according to most serious* offence type 

 Offence type

 

* Prisoners may be convicted of offences across multiple categories. This information is based on the most serious offence a prisoner is convicted of.


Ethnicity of prisoners

 Ethnicity

 


Security classification of sentenced prisoners

Security classification

 


Percentage of sentenced prisoners on indeterminate sentences*

Intederterminate sentences

 

* Indeterminate sentences refer to preventive detention and life sentences that have no end date. Prisoners on these sentences are only released at the discretion of the Parole Board and are subject to recall to prison if released on parole.