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the good ole boys
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2012 . Considering Maori make up just over 10% of the NZ population it's very alarming. Maybe it is genetic.
New Zealand's prison population
The characteristics of people in New Zealand's prisons.
In 2012, the Department of Corrections managed and operated 19 prisons within four regions of New Zealand.
Where are our prisons?
Table 1 lists the prisons and their capacities. In 2012, there was capacity for 10,160 prisoners in New Zealand.
Table 1
Prisons in New Zealand Capacity
Male prisons
Spring Hill Corrections Facility 1,050
Waikeria 1,031
Rimutaka 1,002
Mt Eden Corrections Facility 966
Christchurch Men's 926
Hawke's Bay 698
Auckland 681
Tongariro/Rangipo 600
Northland Corrections Facility 548
Whanganui 529
Otago Corrections Facility 485
Rolleston 320
Manawatu 290
Invercargill 172
New Plymouth(1) 112
Female prisons
Auckland Women's Corrections Facility 462
Arohata 154
Christchurch Women's Corrections Facility 134
Total 10,160
1. New Plymouth prison closed in April 2013
In December 2012, Wellington Prison closed, and in April 2013, New Plymouth Prison closed. The government agreed to plans for a new men’s prison, situated at Wiri in Manukau, Auckland, in September 2012. When construction is completed, this facility will hold around 960 prisoners.
Who’s in our prisons?
New Zealand’s prison population has been rising over time. At 30 June 2012, there were 8,618 prisoners (8,091 males and 527 females). Of this population, 6,764 were prisoners serving a sentence, and 1,854 were remanded in custody.
A decade earlier, at 30 June 2002, there were 6,048 prisoners (5,773 males and 275 females); 4,983 were serving a sentence, and 1,065 were remanded in custody.
Ethnicity
Table 2 shows that at 30 June 2012, Māori made up 51 percent (4,391) of the total prison population. European prisoners made up 33 percent (2,835), and Pacific peoples accounted for 12 percent (1,006) of the total.
The ethnic proportions differ between the sexes. In 2012, 58 percent of female prisoners were Māori, while 51 percent of males identified as Māori. In contrast, 12 percent of all male prisoners were Pacific peoples, while just 5 percent of women in prison were this ethnicity. The percentages for prisoners of identifying as European were very similar (31 percent of females and 33 percent of males).
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