Prison facts and statistics - September 2014

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Number of prisoners in each prison

Prisoner population by location and status (as at 30 September 2014)
Prison Remand Prisoners Sentenced Prisoners  Total
Total Male Prisoners 1,656 6,513 8,169
Auckland 1 632 633
Christchurch Men's 211 694 905
Hawke's Bay 106 518 624
Invercargill 41 128 169
Manawatu 72 217 289
Mt Eden Corrections Facility 715 247 962
Northland Corrections Facility 45 489 534
Otago Corrections Facility 52 391 443
Rimutaka 147 792 939
Rolleston 0 259 259
Spring Hill Corrections Facility 0 866 866
Tongariro/Rangipo 0 347 347
Waikeria 206 527 733
Whanganui 60 406 466
Total Female Prisoners 131 405 536
Arohata 10 54 64
Auckland Women's Corrections Facility 105 285 390
Christchurch Women's Corrections Facility 16 66 82
Total 1,787 6,918 8,705

Total prison population

Graph of total prison population at Sept 2014

Key for prison population graph 

Percentage of prisoners in different age groups 

Prison population by age range as at 30 Sept 2014: 4.0% of prisoners were aged 15-19 years; 15.9% aged 20-24; 17.9% aged 25-29; 14.3% aged 30-34; 12.1% aged 35-39; 11.1% aged 40-44; 9.3% aged 45-49; 6.5% aged 50-54; 4.0% aged 55-59; 1.9% aged 60-64; 1.4% aged 65-69; 1.0% aged 70-74; 0.3% aged 75-79; 0.1% aged 80-84; 0.0% aged 85-89

 

Percentage of sentenced prisoners according to most serious* offence type 

Sentenced prisoners by most serious offence type as at Sept 2014: 0.7% were Administrative offences; 17.2% were Dishonesty; 12.1% were Drugs and Anti Social Offences; 0.7% were Justice (Misc.); 0.6% were Property Abuses; 1.4% were Property Damages; 24.7% were Sexual Offences; 4.3% were Traffic; 38.2% were Violence; 0.1% were Unknown.

 

* 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 as at 30 Sept 2014: 2.9% were Asian; 33.1% were European; 50.8% were Maori; 0.9% were Other; 11.5% were Pacific Peoples; 0.8% were Unknown.

Security classification of sentenced prisoners

Percentage of prisoners by security classification as at 30 Sept 2014: 28.5% were Minimum security; 22.0% were Low; 28.6% were Low Medium; 17.9% were High; 1.1% were Maximum; 1.9% were Unclassified.

Percentage of sentenced prisoners on indeterminate sentences*

As at 30 Sept 2014 12% of prisoners were on Indeterminate sentence; Balance of sentenced population 88%.

 

* 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.