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.

Extra staff needed at Mt Eden prison were put up in hotels, at a cost of $2 million.

The man tasked with running New Zealand's toughest prison has today been replaced. Tom Sherlock has been the director of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo since 2012.

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.

Family of jailed woman dying of cancer are praying for good news today.

The Department of Corrections has now confirmed it's referred Letele's case to the Parole Board Chairman under S41 of the Parole Act.

Infamous inmate Arthur Taylor has been denied en early release from prison and will appear before the Parole Board again in March.

An ex-prisoner has been awarded over $30,000 in legal costs after his release date was miscalculated.

An investigation by Corrections into "fight clubs" at Mt Eden prison found evidence that similar fighting rings were being run at other prisons.

The family of Vicki Letele has been pleading for the fraudster to be let out of jail early so she can be with her family.

Corrections has agreed to take another look at whether a woman who is dying in prison should be released early.

Four inmates from New Zealand's toughest prison have been charged after a brutal attack on six prison guards last month.

A prisoner suffered pain for months after an infection and was denied medication and given food so hard he couldn't eat it with his swollen mouth.

One of New Zealand's most high-profile criminals is heading back to the Parole Board next week in a bid to get an early release from prison.

New figures show that almost 250 offenders removed their electronically monitored trackers during the 2015/16 year.

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.