CPB Contractors is delivering the design and construction of the Waikeria Prison development project, a major investment in New Zealand focusing on rehabilitation with fellow CIMIC company, Pacific Partnerships, as part of Cornerstone Infrastructure Partners delivering the public private partnership corrections project.
The Waikeria facility can house 460 people, though once the new section opens, capacity will increase to house an extra 600 people with state-of-the-art facilities, including a high-tech gatehouse, onsite medical services and improved recreational and well-being areas.
Waikeria’s enhanced arrival gatehouse includes advanced X-ray machines, metal detectors and a biometric registration system. Additionally, newly installed sally port gateways feature under-body cameras and heartbeat monitors, enabling security to track the number of occupants in vehicles in real-time.
This prison is the first of its kind in New Zealand, a 600-bed high-security prison with 100 beds in a purpose-built mental health and addiction service facility. The site is 21 hectares, includes 29 new buildings and will feature more spaces for whānau interaction than any other New Zealand prison. It will be the first in Aotearoa designed specifically to support the provision of mental health and addiction services.
Image source: corrections.govt.nz
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