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Mount Eden Corrections Facility

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Holds remand and short-sentence male prisoners from Auckland-region courts.

Background

Mount Eden Prisons consists of two separate facilities in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Eden — the Mount Eden Prison and the Mount Eden Corrections Facility.

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Capacity

220

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1882

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa)

Population held

male

Opened

1882

Region

Auckland

Security level

High

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

Previously operated by Serco under contract 2011–2017; returned to public-sector management after a series of reports on inmate-on-inmate violence ('fight clubs').

Contact & address

1 Lauder Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

Compared to other facilities in New Zealand

37 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 5/100 · peers avg: 5/100 (+0%)

Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in New Zealand.

Data completeness

68%

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