Prison facts and statistics - September 2015

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This page shows statistical information on the:

Number of prisoners in each prison

Prisoner population by location and status (as at 30 September 2015)
Prison Remand Prisoners Sentenced Prisoners  Total
Total Male Prisoners 2,016 6,377 8,393
Auckland South 0 909 909
Auckland 3 539 542
Christchurch Men's 265 606 871
Hawke's Bay 131 492 623
Invercargill 63 99 162
Manawatu 82 201 283
Mt Eden Corrections Facility 807 172 979
Northland Corrections Facility 48 370 418
Otago Corrections Facility 74 344 418
Rimutaka 154 756 910
Rolleston 0 257 257
Spring Hill Corrections Facility 38 579 617
Tongariro/Rangipo 0 295 295
Waikeria 259 431 690
Whanganui 92 327 419
Total Female Prisoners 154 431 585
Arohata 18 52 70
Auckland Women's Corrections Facility 109 294 403
Christchurch Women's Corrections Facility 27 85 112
Total 2,170 6,808 8,978

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.