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  2. List of prisons in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Invercargill Prison, in Invercargill, holds about 165 prisoners. Built in 1910, the prison operated as a borstal until 1981. In 2012 a rehabilitation programme was introduced at Invercargill Prison. [119] In May 2021, Invercargill Prison and Invercargill City Libraries launched a programme to boost literacy among prisoners.

  3. 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]

  4. Ripapa Island - Wikipedia

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    Ripapa Island Native name: Rīpapa (Māori) Fort Jervois Ripapa Island Location of Ripapa Island Geography Coordinates 43°37′12″S 172°45′16″E  /  43.6201°S 172.7544°E  / -43.6201; 172.7544 Administration New Zealand Demographics Population 0 Heritage New Zealand – Category 1 Official name Fort Jervois Designated 22 August 1991 Reference no. 5306 1872 map of Ripapa Island ...

  5. Invercargill - Wikipedia

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    Invercargill is the southernmost city in the Commonwealth of Nations. Invercargill is situated on the fertile and alluvial Southland Plains, which is amongst some of New Zealand's most fertile farmland. Southern Invercargill lies on the shore of the New River Estuary, while the northern parts lie on the banks of the Waihopai River.

  6. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Florida logs reports of serious incidents that occur inside its juvenile prisons, but the state does not maintain a database that allows for the analysis of trends across the system. HuffPost obtained the documents through Florida’s public records law and compiled incident reports logged between 2008 and 2012.

  7. List of people executed in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    19 Feb 1879, Invercargill [10] Convicted of murdering his wife, Louisa Welsh, at Waikawa Station in 1878 [11] 41: Ah Lee: 5 Nov 1880, Dunedin: Convicted of murdering Mary Young at the Kyeburn gold diggings near Naseby in order to rob her home. Although he is alleged to have confessed the crime to police, he denied it in court and at the gallows ...

  8. List of reportedly haunted locations in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Napier Prison, Napier People have reputedly heard footsteps and voices, and doors being opened or closed of their own volition. Many believe the spirit of former prisoner Roland Herbert Edwards, who was executed here, haunts the prison. [1] Piwhane / Spirits Bay, Northland

  9. James Hargest - Wikipedia

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    Campo 12 was a prison camp for officers of general and brigadier rank and the prisoners were held under more comfortable conditions than soldiers of lesser rank. [51] In late March 1943, a group of officers, including Hargest and Miles, managed to escape using a tunnel dug from a disused chapel within the castle walls.