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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 â the Mount Eden Prison and the Mount Eden Corrections Facility.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
220
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1882
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
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
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
This facility scores 5. The national average across 38 scored New Zealand facilities is 5 — matching the national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Napier Prison
- Papakura Courthouse and lockup (former)
- Hokitika Gaol
- Rolleston PrisonRollestonMulti-levelMulti-level
Compared to other facilities in New Zealand
37 peersConditions risk scorethis: 5/100 · peers avg: 5/100 (+0%)
Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in New Zealand.
Data completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Department of Corrections â MECF
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Ara Poutama Aotearoa â Department of Corrections — New Zealand Government
- Wikidata (Q125176290)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Mount Eden Corrections Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-eden-corrections-facility
Chicago
"Mount Eden Corrections Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-eden-corrections-facility.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-mount-eden-corrections-faci,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Mount Eden Corrections Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-eden-corrections-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}