Lyttelton Gaol

Low

Verified 29 May 2026

Aging · 5mo ago

Sources last reviewed on 29 May 2026

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Gallery

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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

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1852

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1852

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

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.

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

22%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

Sources

Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata (Q79309508)
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
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Cite this page

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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Lyttelton Gaol. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lyttelton-gaol

Chicago

"Lyttelton Gaol." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lyttelton-gaol.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-lyttelton-gaol,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Lyttelton Gaol},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lyttelton-gaol},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}