Young offenders sent to bootcamp punched in the head and allegedly raped by supervisors.

The Court said the killers of Moko Rangitoheriri should count themselves "fortunate" they were not jailed for life.

Police claim group threatened to cut power to elderly victims if payment wasn't made.

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

A staff member was injured when two teenagers escaped from a CYF youth justice residence in Auckland.

Tamsin Trainor welcomes baby just after success in seven-year fight for justice

Both National and Labour say a radical policy to cut jail time if inmates pass literacy courses is worth looking at.

Former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Ian Binnie has hit out at the Government's handling of the David Bain case - saying Police pressure played a part.

A prominent New Zealander is before the courts on a sexual assault charge.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled that a new cop's use of a taser on a man fleeing a potential crime scene was unjustified.

It is horrifying how few rapists get convicted, and myths around the crime, the victims and the perpetrators are a big part of the problem.

The party that pushed for the three-strikes law now eyes prisoner rehabilitation.

Cricketer tells court alleged rape victim was looking for 'male attention'.

A date has been set for an inquest into the death of Auckland teen Christie Marceau.

Northern District's cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn told his rape trial today he felt the sex with the alleged victim was consensual.

Law and order looks set to be a major part of this year's election campaign, so is it instead time to re-assess whether the prison system really works?

Man admits killing his son but lawyer argues against life sentence.

A well-known Kiwi actor is to appear in court today after more sexual assault charges were laid against him.

Just weeks after his release from prison, Jaden Lee Stroobant murdered and sexually violated a 69-year-old Te Atatu woman.

A Huntly man stabbed his brother because he was too slow doing the laundry.

The man who murdered and sexually violated elderly Te Atatu woman Cunxiu Tian went to extraordinary lengths to cover up his crime.

Guilty plea in Te Atatu murder not the end of the story for family in mourning, says church leader

Name suppression has lapsed for the man charged with the manslaughter of a homeless Hamilton man.

COMMENT: Stuart Nash is right. That gangs continue to thrive in this country is - as he says - "totally unacceptable", writes Rachel Smalley.

An estate agent facing meth and perjury charges says "coded" language which police claim she used to discuss drugs was simply real estate banter.

More than 206,000 New Zealanders became a victim of crime in 2016. Here are 10 of the high-profile cases that shocked the nation.

Basketballer Corey Webster has had his bail conditions changed so he can have a beer with his family on Christmas Day.

COMMENT: Even if Gerald Hope thought Scott Watson was innocent, nothing would change for convicted murderer.

Ten days to pay or you're going to prison.

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".