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  2. List of prisons in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Then travel by bullock wagon to Rangipo. The Hautu prison site was established in 1926, and the 2 prison camps became combined to be called Tongariro Prison 1958 / 59, [75] a separate entity in 1977. [76] The prison is on a large site of more than 8,000 hectares off the Desert Road near TÅ«rangi.

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  4. Crime in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Prison sentences are administered by the Department of Corrections in correctional facilities. As of August 2015, New Zealand has 18 correctional facilities, 15 for male prisoners located from Kaikohe to Invercargill, and three for female prisoners located in the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. [20]

  5. Invercargill - Wikipedia

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    The Invercargill City territorial authority covers 389.92 km 2 (150.55 sq mi) [29] and had an estimated population of 58,600 as of June 2024, [2] with a population density of 150 people per km 2. This comprises 51,700 people in the Invercargill urban area, 1,840 people in the Bluff urban area, and 5,060 people in the surrounding settlements and ...

  6. Intermittent Confinement - Wikipedia

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    In the United States and Canada, intermittent confinement or weekend jail is an alternative sentence in which a defendant is required to report to a correctional facility for multiple short periods of incarceration, usually during the weekend. This type of sentence allows a defendant to maintain employment and family relationships while ...

  7. List of people executed in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    2: John Sweeney: 2 Oct 1916: Convicted of desertion. 3: John Braithwaite: 29 Oct 1916: Convicted of mutiny. After first being incarcerated for repeatedly being away without leave, he was accused of instigating a prison riot, although he claimed that he only involved himself in an attempt to calm it. 4: John King: 19 Aug 1917: Convicted of ...

  8. Prison education - Wikipedia

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    A 2009 study found that in the UK, every £1 spent on prison education saved taxpayers £2.50. [73] The 2013 RAND Corporation study estimated that every dollar spent on education saves taxpayers $4 to $5, [23] [154] [155] and that to break even on the cost of education programmes, recidivism must be reduced by between 1.9% and 2.6%. [156]

  9. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rate of U.S. imprisonment per 100,000 population of adult males by race and ethnicity in 2006. Jails and prisons. On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black non-Hispanic men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men of any race, and 0.7% of white non-Hispanic men. [1] In the United States, sentencing law varies by jurisdiction ...