Editing South Island (section)

====Correctional facilities====
Correctional facilities in the South Island are operated by the [[Department of Corrections (New Zealand)|Department of Corrections]] as part of the South Island Prison Region. [[Christchurch Prison]], also known as Paparua, is located in [[Templeton, New Zealand|Templeton]] a satellite town of [[Christchurch]]. It accommodates up to 780 minimum, medium, and high-security male prisoners. It was built in 1925, and also includes a youth unit, a self-care unit and the ''Paparua Remand Centre'' (PRC), built in 1999 to replace the old ''Addington Prison''. Christchurch Women's Prison, also located in [[Templeton, New Zealand|Templeton]], is a facility for women of all security classifications. It has the only maximum/medium security accommodation for women prisoners in New Zealand. It can accommodate up to 98 prisoners.

Rolleston prison is located in [[Rolleston, New Zealand|Rolleston]], another satellite town of [[Christchurch]]. It accommodates around 320 male prisoners of minimum to low-medium security classifications and includes ''Kia Marama'' a sixty-bed unit that provides an intensive 9-month treatment programme for male child sex offenders. Invercargill Prison, in [[Invercargill]], accommodates up to 172 minimum to low-medium security prisoners. Otago Corrections Facility is located near [[Milton, New Zealand|Milton]] and houses up to 335 minimum to high-medium security male prisoners.