Prison facts and statistics - December 2012

This page shows statistical information on the:

Prisoner population by location and status
(as at 31 December 2012)

Prison

Status

Total

  Remand Sentenced  
Male 1,656 6,317 7,973
Auckland 4 597 601
Christchurch Men's 164 664 828
Hawke's Bay 104 497 601
Invercargill 25 123 148
Manawatu 71 200 271
Mt Eden Corrections Facility 682 216 898
New Plymouth 8 8 16
Northland Corrections Facility 85 432 517
Otago Corrections Facility 53 373 426
Rimutaka 124 730 854
Rolleston 0 257 257
Spring Hill Corrections Facility 0 941 941
Tongariro/Rangipo 0 387 387
Waikeria 265 459 724
Whanganui 71 433 504
Wellington 0 0 0
Female 92 400 492
Arohata 14 61 75
Auckland Women's Corrections Facility 66 275 341
Christchurch Women's Corrections Facility 12 64 76
Total 1,748 6,717 8,465

Total prison population

 Total Prison Population


Percentage of prisoners in different age groups 

 Percentage of prisoners in different age groups


Percentage of sentenced prisoners according to most serious* offence type 

Percentage of sentenced prisoners according to most serious* 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 of prisoners

 


Security classification of sentenced prisoners

 Security classification of sentenced prisoners

 


Percentage of sentenced prisoners on indeterminate sentences*

 Percentage of sentenced prisoners on indeterminate 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.