Prison facts and statistics - December 2015

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Number of prisoners in each prison

Prisoner population by location and status (as at 31 December 2015)
Prison Remand Prisoners Sentenced Prisoners  Total
Total Male Prisoners 2,145 6,366 8,511
Auckland South 0 957 957
Auckland 62 564 626
Christchurch Men's 301 601 902
Hawke's Bay 145 483 628
Invercargill 47 113 160
Manawatu 111 174 285
Mt Eden Corrections Facility 753 210 963
Northland Corrections Facility 36 350 386
Otago Corrections Facility 81 331 412
Rimutaka 166 684 850
Rolleston 0 258 258
Spring Hill Corrections Facility 162 570 732
Tongariro/Rangipo 0 277 277
Waikeria 186 398 584
Whanganui 95 396 491
Total Female Prisoners 161 449 610
Arohata 23 66 89
Auckland Women's Corrections Facility 109 292 401
Christchurch Women's Corrections Facility 29 91 120
Total 2,306 6,815 9,121

Total prison population

Line graph showing total prison population

 

Percentage of prisoners in different age groups 

Bar graph showing percentage of prisoners in different age groups 

 

Percentage of sentenced prisoners according to most serious* offence type 

Pie chart showing 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

Pie chart showing ethnicity of prisoners

Security classification of sentenced prisoners

Pie chart showing security classification of sentenced prisoners 

Percentage of sentenced prisoners on indeterminate sentences*

Pie chart showing 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.