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.

A man with a history of child sex offending and impersonating police officers is now likely to receive increased monitoring by the

Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.

An Otago prison's been put in lockdown after three staff were assaulted by three inmates.

More than 100 babies have been born to women in prison in the past six years. The Weekend Herald spoke to the mums trying to make the best of a bad situation.

Some of the country's most high profile inmates are demanding compensation and an apology from the Department of Corrections over a mass strip search.

After nearly 15 years since she came out of the closet about her sexuality, 29-year-old transsexual Cecilia Kang still gets hurtful things said to her.

A high-risk child sex offender in custody after admitting cutting off his electronic monitoring tag and going on the run.

COMMENT: Bill English has quietly championed a prison reform approach that should appeal to fiscal conservatives and social liberals alike.

A prisoner was restrained for 21 hours a day after forensic mental health team would not treat him, a campaigner says.

The auction by infamous Auckland Prison inmate Arthur Taylor of a shirt he has worn in court has been pulled by TradeMe as it was "a bridge too far".

A high-profile murderer suffered life threatening injuries after he was stabbed with glass and wood at Auckland Prison.

What will prisoners be eating for Christmas dinner in New Zealand this year? Corrections have released the annual menu for its 10,000 inmates.

A mentally unwell prisoner was restrained with his hands behind his back for 21 hours a day for 10 weeks, a report has revealed.

New Zealand prisoners have been subjected to degrading treatment, a watchdog has found.

A prisoner who a probation officer tried to warn was too dangerous to release will spend full sentence behind bars after bottling a man while on parole.

Murderer George Baker was involved in a stand-off with police at Auckland's North Shore Hospital after he was uncuffed by Corrections staff and "smashed up his room".

Activists have chained themselves in Corrections offices in protest at the treatment of a transgender prisoner.

Serial sex offender Stewart Murray will not be subject to intensive or extended monitoring, the Department of Corrections has confirmed.

Infamous escapee Phillip John Smith is suing Corrections for confiscating the hair piece he used as a disguise to flee the country in 2014.

Cancer-stricken Vicki Letele has spoken out about the anger she feels towards the way she was treated in prison.

The proper response when someone is terminally ill is to offer support and comfort.