Assessment of social effects of the proposed Waikeria prison expansion For Department of Corrections Robert Quigley Quigley and Watts Ltd. Final Version 5 7 April 2017 1 Document control Version of document Date of revision Prepared by Reviewed by 1 – first draft 16 December 2016 Robert Quigley Sharon Dines, Boffa Miskell Jo Stanbury, Department of Corrections 2 – second draft 26 January 2017 Robert Quigley Sharon Dines, Boffa Miskell Jo Stanbury, Department of Corrections 3 – final draft 1 March 2017 Robert Quigley Stephen Quinn, DLA Piper 4 – final for external 8 March 2017 Robert Quigley Amelia Linzey, BECA review Ltd on behalf of Otorohanga District Council 5 – final for lodgement 7 April 2017 Robert Quigley 2 Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Approach .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Community profiles .......................................................................................................................... 6 Potential population and employment effects from the proposed expansion .................................. 6 Potential effects from construction ................................................................................................... 7 Potential effects on housing and commuting ................................................................................... 7 Potential effects on education services ........................................................................................... 8 Potential effects on prison providers and prisoners ......................................................................... 8 Potential effects on prisoner families and prisoner visitors.............................................................. 9 Potential effects on Police and Probation services ........................................................................ 10 Potential effects on health services ............................................................................................... 10 Potential effects on community way of life ..................................................................................... 11 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 The Waikeria Prison and Site .................................................................................................... 12 1.2.1 Operation of Waikeria Prison ................................................................................................ 13 1.3 The Proposed Development ...................................................................................................... 14 2 Approach and methodology .............................................................................................................. 15 2.1 Statutory framework .................................................................................................................... 15 2.2 Conceptual framework ................................................................................................................ 15 2.3 Geographic study area ............................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Potentially affected groups ......................................................................................................... 17 2.5 Consultation ................................................................................................................................ 18 2.6 Assessment of effects ................................................................................................................. 18 3 Community profiles ........................................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 19 3.2 Past, current and projected population ...................................................................................... 19 3.3 Te Awamutu and Kihikihi............................................................................................................ 20 3.4 Otorohanga ................................................................................................................................ 21 3.5 Hamilton ..................................................................................................................................... 21 4 Population and employment – context and potential effects ............................................................ 23 5 Construction ...................................................................................................................................... 27 5.1 Construction context ................................................................................................................... 27 5.2 Construction – potential effects .................................................................................................. 27 6 Housing and commuting ................................................................................................................... 30 6.1 Context and current situation ..................................................................................................... 30 6.1.1 Prisoner family-specific context ............................................................................................ 32 3 6.2 Housing – potential effects ......................................................................................................... 32 6.3 Commuting – Current situation and potential effects .................................................................. 33 7 Education services ............................................................................................................................ 35 7.1 Early Childhood Education .......................................................................................................... 35 7.1.1 Context and current situation ................................................................................................ 35 7.1.2 Early childhood centre – potential effects ............................................................................. 36 7.2 Schools........................................................................................................................................ 37 7.2.1 Context and current situation ............................................................................................... 37 7.2.2 Schools – potential effects ................................................................................................... 39 8 Prison providers and prisoners ......................................................................................................... 42 8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 42 8.2 Context and current situation ..................................................................................................... 43 8.2.1 Rehabilitation programmes ................................................................................................... 43 8.2.2 Education, training and employment programmes .............................................................. 44 8.2.3 Integrated release programmes........................................................................................... 46 8.2.4 Services for accommodation and housing for released prisoners ........................................ 47 8.3 Providers and prisoners – potential effects ................................................................................ 48 9 Prisoner families and prison visitors ................................................................................................. 53 9.1 Context and current situation ...................................................................................................... 53 9.2 Prisoner families moving to the study area – potential effects .................................................. 54 9.3 Prison visitors – potential effects ............................................................................................... 55 10 Police and probation services ......................................................................................................... 58 10.1 Context and current situation .................................................................................................... 58 10.2 Police and probation – potential effects .................................................................................... 59 11 Health services ................................................................................................................................ 60 11.1 Context and current situation .................................................................................................... 60 11.1.1 General Practitioners .......................................................................................................... 60 11.1.2 General medical