Mark Chisnall will be kept in jail despite his sentence technically being finished.

A judge has ruled murderer Phillip John Smith has grounds to take Corrections to court.

COMMENT: Involving academics can help drive gains for Corrections where politics fail.

Pasifika prison guards claim they face discrimination at Auckland Prison.

It is understood photos may not be released to Reid and his bride until after his release.

Prisoner who escaped after brother's funeral has abandoned sick child in hospital.

Corrections Minister says wedding of rapist and murderer in prison is 'disgraceful'.

"Bewilderment" over decision to allow rapist and murderer to marry in prison today.

Coda, Baz and Jock were more interested in playfighting than meeting the minister.

Convicted murderer had contraband items including a key and at least one cellphone.

Psychopathy is a "widely misunderstood" form of personality disorder, an expert explains.

The anklets detect alcohol through sweat.

The Herald understands prison director was on his final warning before he went on leave.

Lawyer raises concerns about IVF child's relationship with prisoner father.

What rights do prisoners have? Should they be allowed to donate blood, organs and sperm?

Could brain scans place a suspect at a crime scene? Science says yes.

Auckland Prison was in lockdown this afternoon after two inmates attacked staff.

A strip search of a group of inmates after assaults on prison staff was legal, says DoC.

William Dwayne Bell has been charged after he was caught with porn in his Auckland cell.

An inmate is dead after an incident at Hawkes Bay Regional Prison yesterday.

Smith can keep his hairpiece: "Mr Smith's fundamental right to freedom of expression was ignored."

Corrections officers are being housed at a five-star waterfront hotel in the Far North while on secondment to cover the region's short staffed prison.

Corrections is debunking claims of a 22-hour prisoner lockdown at a notorious Waikato prison.

High profile inmate Arthur William Taylor is set to take the Parole Board to court, alleging the handling of his most recent hearing was "biased".

Arthur Taylor, one of New Zealand's most infamous and longest serving prisoners, will be staying behind bars after the Parole Board today refused him an early release.

An inmate released from Auckland Central Remand Prison to attend a family funeral has done a runner.

Using restraints on mentally ill prisoners amounts to torture, says a leading lawyer.

Corrections wants the law changed to temporarily turn police cells into prisons.

A major investigation has been carried out at Auckland South Corrections Facility after concerns were raised about the level of violence within the prison and inmate and staff safety and "non-compliance" of the internal complaints process.

The fifth annual Auckland Pride Parade has roared into life on Ponsonby Road.