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Table A. PRISON ACCOMMODATION AND PRISONERS. Table showing Accommodation, Number of Prisoners, etc., at the several Prisons of the Dominion during the Year 1929.

Number of Persons for whom there is Accommodation. ■Moma r,f s Number of Persons at Number received during Number discharged or Number in Prison a$ . In Separate Cells for In Wards or Cells for Beginning of Year. Year. transferred. End of Year. Uv ,- more than One Total. One Prisoner. Prisoner. ; i i ! ! If M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. i T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. | F. T. Addington (Women's Reformatory) .. 32 .. .. .. 32 .. 28 i 28 j 91 91 .. 93 93 j 26 26 Auckland .. .. .. 298 22 132 9 430 31 362 11 373 ! 1,451 ; 69 1,520 1,454 65 1,519 359 ! 15 374 Hautu (Tokaanu) .. .. 53 .. .. .. 53 .. 44 .. 44 43 .. 43 44 .. 44 43 ! .. 43 Invercargill .. .. . 11 ■ ■ 9 .. 20 .. 6 .. 6 93 3 96 92 3 95 7 .. 7 Invercargill (Borstal Institution) .. 203 .. 9 .. 212 .. 224 .. 224 107 .. 107 144 .. 144 187 ; .. 187 Napier .. .. .. 22 4 3 .. 25 4 25 .. 25 223 4 227 221 3 224 27 1 28 New Plymouth .. .. .. 69 .. j • .. 69 .. 58 58 155 I .. 155 157 .. 157 56 56 Paparua (Templeton) .. .. 130 .. 35 I .. 165 .. 138 .. j 138 586 j .. 586 588 .. 588 136 ; .. 136 Pt. Halswell (Women's Reformatory) .. 14 ' .. 14 .. 6 6 .. 40 40 .. 42 42 ,. 4 4 Point Halswell (Borstal Institution) .. 43 .. •• .. 43 . . 33 33 .. 15 15 .. 24 24 .. 24 24 Rangipo .. .. .. 26 .. 8 34 .. 32 ! 32 21 .. 21 25 25 28 .. 28 Waikeria (Reformatory) .. .. 27 .. 4 .. 31 .. 25 25 33 .. 33 2S .. . j 28 30 .. 30 Waikeria (Borstal Institution) .. S4 .. 40 .. 124 .. 123 .. 123 76 76 75 75 ]24 .. 124 Waikune (Erua) .. .. 42 .. 72 .. 114 .. 92 92 89 .. 89 93 .. 93 88 .. 88 Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 40 3 40 3 35 .. 35 100 6 106 105 6 111 30 .. 30 Wellington .. .. 78 .. 56 .. 134 .. 131 131 806 .. 806 825 .. 825 112 .. 112 Wi Tako (Trentham) .. .. 70 .. 10 .. 80 .. 76 .. 76 86 .. 86 94 .. 94 68 .. 68 Minor prisons and police-gaols .. 52 16 55 11 107 27 35 .. 35 841 34 875 847 33 880 29 1 30 Police lock-ups* .. • • •. .. .. • • .. .. .. .. • • 104 .. 104 104 .. 104 Totals .. •• 1,165 131 J 473 j 23 1,638 154 1,406 78 1,484 j 4,814 | 262 5,076 j 4,896 269 5,165 1,324 71 1,395 * Deemed to be prisons under the provisions of section 17 of the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917.