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Lyttelton Gaol

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  • Lyttelton Photowalk 2025-10-11 cell interior.jpg

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  • Lyttelton Photowalk 2025-10-35 school field on gaol site.jpg

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Background

The Lyttelton Gaol was a historic prison building and complex in Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1852

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1852

Region

Security level

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

36–56 Oxford Street, Lyttelton

No public contact details available.

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Data completeness

22%

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