Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility

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Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF) is a new prison (completed May 2006) in the Wiri suburb of Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand. The facility provides 286 beds (remand and sentenced), and serves the 5% female share of the New Zealand prisoner population. It is classified as low- to medium-security, surrounded by a 6 m high fence and guarded and serviced by 187 staff.^[1]

The project and its 38 buildings cost NZ$ 159 million to construct and was built substantially by Sinclair Knight Merz, located in a rehabilitated old quarry site.^[2] The site has a size of 47 ha, of which 13 ha are currently covered by buildings,^[1] leaving room for later expansion, which was already included in the design paramaters.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} ARWCF (prison webpage on the New Zealand Department of Corrections website. Retrieved 2007-10-10.)
2. ^ ^{a b} Auckland Regional Women's Corrections Facility - Innovate NZ, Brochure of the '2007 ACENZ Awards of Excellence', Page 38

[edit] External links

• Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (official prison webpage)

• Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility is at coordinates 37°00′38″S 174°51′04″E / -37.010503, 174.850974 (Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility)Coordinates: 37°00′38″S 174°51′04″E / -37.010503, 174.850974 (Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility)