Prison facts and statistics - March 2016

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Number of prisoners in each prison

Prisoner population by location and status (as at 31 March 2016)
Prison Remand Prisoners Sentenced Prisoners  Total
Total Male Prisoners 2,305 6,348 8,653
Auckland South 0 948 948
Auckland 61 540 601
Christchurch Men's 334 556 890
Hawke's Bay 138 492 630
Invercargill 49 105 154
Manawatu 102 185 287
Mt Eden Corrections Facility 835 152 987
Northland Corrections Facility 47 337 384
Otago Corrections Facility 112 319 431
Rimutaka 180 798 978
Rolleston 0 257 257
Spring Hill Corrections Facility 161 558 719
Tongariro/Rangipo 0 297 297
Waikeria 181 401 582
Whanganui 105 403 508
Total Female Prisoners 187 433 620
Arohata 25 62 87
Auckland Women's Corrections Facility 121 287 408
Christchurch Women's Corrections Facility 41 84 125
Total 2,492 6,781 9,273

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.