IDEA Services Secure community home for clients with an intellectual disability 10 homes Arohata Prison Women’s Prison 1 Henry Rongomau Bennett (Ward 36) Rimutaka Prison Men’s Prison 3 Waikato DHB Wellington District Court Court Cells 1 Rotorua Police Hub Mangere Accommodation Centre Immigration 1 Auckland Immigration International Airport 1 Tawhirimatea Mental Health 1 1 Capital & Coast DHB Forensic Intellectual Disability Te Whare Ahuru Mental Health 1 Men’s Prison 1 Christchurch Immigration International Airport Holding Facility 1 Pohutukawa 1 Waitemata DHB Forensic Intellectual Disability Kauri Forensic Unit 1 Forensic Unit 1 Forensic Unit 1 Auckland Prison Men’s Prison 1 Auckland South Corrections Facility Men’s Prison 1 Mount Eden Corrections Facility Men’s Prison 1 Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility Women’s Prison 1 Otago Corrections Facility Men’s Prison 1 Waitemata DHB Rata Tiaho Mai Mental Health 1 Mental Health 1 Police Jail 1 This year, we trialled new inspection criteria for prisons.19 The criteria are made up of six core inspection standards, each of which describes the standards of treatment and conditions a prison is expected to achieve. These standards are underpinned by a series of indicators that identify the evidence Inspectors should collect in order to determine whether there is anything that could be considered to be torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or otherwise impact adversely on detainees. The list of indicators underpinning the standards is not exhaustive and does not prevent an establishment demonstrating that the standard has been met in other ways. This year, we identified several areas of concern. These relate to: Waitemata DHB Totara 1 Prisons Hutt Valley DHB Christchurch Men’s Prison Men’s Prison Counties Manukau DHB Capital & Coast DHB Haumietiketike Invercargill Prison Waitemata DHB • the increase in prison population, particularly female and remand prisoners • levels of violence – particularly prisoner-onprisoner assaults • the number of 16 and 17-year olds being detained in non-youth facilities, and • the effectiveness of the prisoner complaint process. Increase in prison population Towards the end of 2016, the prison population in New Zealand hit 10,000 for the first time. Since then it has continued to rise, peaking at 10,308 at the end of June 2017. The remand population has experienced a significant increase of 14.7 per cent from June 2016 to June 2017.20 Inspectors identified 15