Statement of Forecast Service Performance - Output Class 3: Custody of Remand Prisoners

This output class provides for safe, secure and humane services and facilities to hold people charged with offences, and offenders convicted but not yet sentenced, and to enable their appearance before the courts as required.

It provides for an estimated throughput of 13,260 new remand prisoners, representing an average prison population of 1,633 remand prisoners, in the 2006/07 financial year. This demand is met by accommodating prisoners across remand facilities, with any overflow accommodated in segregated custodial facilities.

Expenses for Output Class 3 Custody of Remand Prisoners

For the Year Ending 30 June 2007

Outputs in this output class will be provided within the appropriated sum of $95.178 million (exclusive of GST).

OUTPUT 3.1 Custody Of Remand Prisoners

This output entails the management of all remand prisoners (accused and convicted) in a custodial environment. It incorporates the costs of accommodation, security, transport, food and medical care, but not the cost of employment or other specific interventions.

¹  Includes those prisoners who are held in Police and court cells.
²  Derived from the Ministry of Justice Prison Population Forecast 10 November 2005.