The Inspector of Service Penal Establishments (ISPE) is the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) charged with monitoring New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) detention facilities. The Registrar of the Court Martial is appointed ISPE as set out in section 80 f the Court Martial Act 1989 in respect of service penal establishments (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the 1971 Armed Forces Discipline Act). Facilities Inspections The NZDF currently has one facility that caters for the military punishment of detention. The punishment is confined to Navy ratings of able rank, Army privates, and Royal New Zealand Air Force leading aircraftmen, (that is Private soldier equivalents.) The facility is the Services Corrective Establishment (SCE) at Burnham Military Camp, Christchurch. It has the capacity to hold up to 10 detainees at any one time, however no more than two can be female if the male wing is occupied. It has a professional full-time staff of Non-Commissioned Officer wardens drawn from all three Armed Services. They are supported by the Commanding Officer of the Military Police Unit. The Southern Region has a medical officer in Burnham Camp on call to SCE and on the rare occasions when detainees require specialist treatment, referral to relevant health professionals in Christchurch is readily arranged. There were 17 detainees in SCE in the 2016/2017 annual year. This is the lowest occupancy ever recorded at SCE. In addition, each of the more significant NZDF base or camp facilities have a limited number of holding cells, used to briefly confine any members of the Armed Forces for their own protection and/or for the maintenance of good order and military discipline. Although no detention facilities off-shore are currently available to the NZDF on New Zealand Navy Ships, they can be arranged relatively readily, when required, as the Armed Forces Discipline Act section 175(1) permits the Chief of Defence Force from time to time to: • set aside any building or part of a building as a service prison or a detention quarter, or • declare any place or ship, or part of any place or ship, to be a service prison or detention quarter. In the year ending June 2017 the ISPE inspected this facility on two occasions. The inspections were unannounced and included a physical review of the facilities, a discussion with the manager of the facilities, reviewing documentation, and a private interview with those undergoing punishment. Feedback is provided routinely after the inspection to the Officer Commanding of SCE. There was nothing untoward to report from either inspection. The new management structure at SCE under the Service Police, was reported in the last reporting period and has appeared seamless. The personal development programmes developed for detainees serving at least 14 days detention have been viewed positively by both the staff and detainees. Issues SCE opened over 20 years ago. While the facilities remain in fair order it shows signs of wear and tear in places and some more than routine maintenance may well be timely; but not to the extent of raising OPCAT concerns. There was a NZDF works programme in place to update the facilities, but when placed against other priorities for funding, the development was shelved at least for the time being. The balance of Camp and Base facilities throughout New Zealand are generally old and spartan. They are generally adequate for purpose provided confinement is limited to about 12 hours, because detainees are always closely supervised by service escorts during confinement. These cells may not be too comfortable, 23