Prison facts and statistics - September 2023

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Number of prisoners in each location by custody status as at 30 September 2023

Prison/Corrections Facility	Remand Prisoners	Sentenced Prisoners	Onsite Population	Offsite Population*	Total Population	Population %
Total Male Prisoners	3,524	4,766	8,290	60	8,350	93.9%
Auckland Prison	233	348	581	9	590	6.6%
Auckland South Corrections Facility	0	954	954	5	959	10.8%
Christchurch Men's Prison	405	362	767	4	771	8.7%
Hawke's Bay Regional Prison	229	313	542	0	542	6.1%
Invercargill Prison	77	79	156	0	156	1.8%
Manawatu Prison	145	92	237	1	238	2.7%
Mount Eden Corrections Facility	930	56	986	13	999	11.2%
Northland Region Corrections Facility	248	231	479	1	480	5.4%
Otago Corrections Facility	186	234	420	3	423	4.8%
Rimutaka Prison	362	353	715	11	726	8.2%
Rolleston Prison	0	417	417	0	417	4.7%
Spring Hill Corrections Facility	430	232	662	9	671	7.5%
Tongariro Prison	0	412	412	1	413	4.6%
Waikeria Prison	76	368	444	2	446	5.0%
Whanganui Prison	203	315	518	1	519	5.8%
Total Female Prisoners	293	240	533	10	543	6.1%
Arohata Prison	70	15	85	1	86	1.0%
Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility	178	152	330	7	337	3.8%
Christchurch Women's Prison	45	73	118	2	120	1.3%
Grand Total	3,817	5,006	8,823	70	8,893	100.0%

* Offsite population refers to people in offsite locations such as mental health facilities and police custody.

Total prison population

* Justice Sector Projection is sourced from Projection Report: Data for the Justice Sector Projections 2022.

Source link: https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/justice-sector-projections/

Prison population by age group

Prison population by ethnicity

Prison population by 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.