New Zealand · Auckland · Paremoremo, Auckland
Auckland Prison (Paremoremo)
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New Zealand's only dedicated maximum-security prison for male inmates. Houses the country's small set of life-sentence and high-risk prisoners.
Background
Auckland Prison (original name Paremoremo Prison, colloquially Pare, pronounced "Par-re") is a prison facility consisting from minimum security to maximum security units based in Paremoremo, Auckland, New Zealand. The units are separated but located close together in a rural area. The prison contains 4 of New Zealand's only specialist maximum-security units, housing some of the most severe criminals in the country. Its old names of 'Paremoremo' and 'Pare' are still well-known and used throughout New Zealand. The land was bought for the prison in 1962 and after the 1965 Mt Eden prison riots construction was expedited, with the prison officially opening in March 1969.
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Year opened
1968
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa)
Population held
male
Opened
1968
Region
Auckland
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Department of Corrections — Auckland Prison
- Ara Poutama Aotearoa — Department of Corrections — New Zealand Government
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.