South Island Network

This page will include a list of South Island Network members. It includes Corrections staff and volunteers, Community Corrections staff, artists and writers, academics, and people in the wider community interested in arts and social justice.

The prison sites in this region are Christchurch Men's Prison, Christchurch Women's Prison, Rolleston Prison, Otago Corrections Facility and Invercargill Prison.

For more information about the location of the prisons, regional offices, special treatment units and Community Corrections offices, visit the Department of Corrections website. 

For information and to join this network, contact Jacqui Moyes, Arts in Corrections Advisor, Arts Access Aotearoa (T: 04 802 4349 E: jacqui.moyes@artsaccess.org.nz).

News from your region 

Arts benefit Christchurch Men’s Prison

Hope, family, respect, trust and truth are among the words painted on the walls of Christchurch Men’s Prison by prisoners in the Youth Unit taking part in an art programme. This programme has been delivered by tertiary provider SkillWise through its creative space, The White Room, since January 2016. Read more about the arts in Christchurch Men's Prison