Prison facts and statistics - September 2013

This page shows statistical information on the:

number of prisoners in each prison
total prison population
breakdowns of the prison population by

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

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.