New Zealand · Waikato · Turangi
Tongariro Prison
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Forest minimum-security prison; inmates work in nursery and forestry operations.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1979
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa)
Population held
male
Opened
1979
Region
Waikato
Security level
Minimum
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 — Tongariro
- Ara Poutama Aotearoa — Department of Corrections — New Zealand Government
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.