Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility

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. [http://www.corrections.govt.nz/public/aboutus/regional-prisons-programme/arwcf.html ARWCF] (prison webpage on the New Zealand Department of Corrections website. Retrieved 2007-10-10.)]

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."Auckland Regional Women's Corrections Facility" - "Innovate NZ", Brochure of the '2007 ACENZ Awards of Excellence', Page 38] The site has a size of 47 ha, of which 13 ha are currently covered by buildings, leaving room for later expansion, which was already included in the design paramaters.

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* [http://www.corrections.govt.nz/public/aboutus/regional-prisons-programme/arwcf.html Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility] (official prison webpage)