Mount Crawford Prison sits atop the Miramar Peninsula. Built by prisoners from local sand and brick, the prison opened in 1927, replacing the Terrace Gaol.
The prison was designed to accommodate up to 120 male prisoners, but pressure on the prison system meant that over 200 prisoners were regularly housed here.
Four high-profile murderers were executed here in the 1930’s. The door through which their bodies were removed is still visible.
The executions included that of George Coats, a worker on the Mount Victoria Tunnel, who was convicted in 1931 of murdering his pregnant girlfriend and hiding her body in the tunnel workings. It is rumoured that the Wellington tradition of sounding the horn as one passes through the tunnel originated as a tribute to the dead woman.
Wellington Prison was designated as a Segregation Prison with high, medium and low classification prisoners. The majority of Wellington prisoners were segregated prisoners because of their particular offences or prisoners who requested protection from other prisoners for various reasons.
The prison was first closed in 2008, but this proved to be temporary as a rise in the prison population led to it reopening. However, it was judged unsuitable for modern penal and rehabilitation methods and was closed permanently in 2012. The prison and the nearby Cadet Training School (relocated to Rimutaka Prison in 1978) are now available for use as film sets through Screen Wellington
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