Power partially restored to Mt Eden prison

Acting Prison Director Stephen Parr said the power outage was impacting some operations at Mt Eden Corrections Facility this morning. Photo / Google

Power has been partially restored to Mt Eden prison but the site remains in lockdown.

The power cut happened about 8.30am and has meant that 12 cases were unable to go ahead as scheduled in court.

A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said 10 cases were adjourned at Waitakere District Court and two cases were adjourned at North Shore District Court.

Acting prison director Stephen Parr said the power outage had impacted some operations but the site had remained secure and locked down.

All of the prisoners had been accounted for, he said.

The current population at the facility is 1010.

"Prisoners required to appear in court departed the site this morning without incident," Parr said.

"Some appearances by AVL have been rescheduled. Three prisoners who were due to be seen by the New Zealand Parole Board will also have their hearings rescheduled.

"Staff delivered lunch to prisoners and spoke with them individually about the outage."

Contracted maintenance providers remained on site working to fix the problem, Parr said.

According to the Department of Corrections website, the facility was opened in 2011 to act as the main reception prison for newly remanded male prisoners in the Auckland region.