8.2 Inmate health

Prison health services provided data on medication programmes for inmates on census day.

Approximately 39 percent of female and 25 percent of male inmates (sentenced and remands) were receiving non-psychiatric medication. A further 15 percent of female and 7 percent of male inmates were receiving some form of psychiatric medication.

Table 8-4 Sentenced and remand inmates currently receiving medication

Prison	Total inmates	Non psychiatric prescribed medication		Psychiatric medication
Prison	Total inmates	Number	Percent of total inmates	Number	Percent of total inmates
Women’s Prisons
Arohata	133	65	48.9%	12	9.0%
Christchurch	93	22	23.7%	26	28.0%
Mt Eden	53	22	41.5%	5	9.4%
Waikeria (See men's prison)	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Total women	279	109	39.1%	43	15.4%
Men’s Prisons
ACRP	287	84	29.3%	23	8.0%
Auckland	637	243	38.1%	70	10.1%
Christchurch	681	152	22.3%	46	6.8%
Dunedin	53	15	28.3%	0	0.0%
Hawkes Bay	541	67	12.4%	20	3.7%
Invercargill	163	77	47.2%	31	19.0%
Manawatu	269	71	26.4%	30	11.2%
Mt Eden	416	278	66.8%	< psy plus non-psy
New Plymouth	101	21	20.8%	2	2.0%
Ohura	95	8	8.4%	4	4.2%
Rimutaka	627	86	13.7%	38	6.1%
Rolleston	317	34	10.7%	10	3.2%
Tongariro/Rangipo	411	56	13.6%	36	8.8%
Waikeria (men + women)	834+56	58	6.5%	21	2.5%
Wanganui	353	145	41.1%	35	9.9%
Wellington	120	101	84.2%	35	29.2%
Total men	5961	1496	25.1%	401	6.7%
Total inmates	6240	1605	25.7%	444	7.1%

Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding. The data available for Mt Eden did not distinguish between psychiatric and non-psychiatric medication. The data available for Waikeria did not distinguish between men and women.