Herald reporter Derek Cheng spends a night in Unit 11 at Rimutaka Prison, the country's first unit built from old shipping containers.

Herald reporter Derek Cheng gets a first look at the container cells at Rimutaka Prison's new unit.

Andrew Laxon writes of the moment when the two adversaries in the Crewe murder case came face to face in a Pukekohe pub.

Phil Goff rejected mayoral pleas to reduce the height of the Mt Eden Prison development when he was Minister of Corrections in 2007.

The three-strikes legislation will become law, after the National-Act Party bill passed its third reading in Parliament last night.

After strong opposition from Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party the 'three strikes' bill went through its third reading on a vote of 63-58.

Rapist Maka Renata is arrested in Gisborne after almost a month on the run.

A police officer who was at the scene where an undercover officer was shot dead in 2008 says there was an element of risk involved that night.

A police officer at the scene where an undercover officer was killed in 2008 says body armour is "very hot, it's very bulky and... quite detectable".

John Key says it is critically important police address the child abuse investigation concerns raised in an Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report today.

The detective in charge of an undercover police operation where an officer was shot dead broke down in tears before a jury today as he recalled his colleague radioing for help.

A damning report into police handling of child abuse cases shows at least one district prioritised traffic fines over abuse investigations.

Hiding in the shadows in the early hours of the morning, two members of a specialist police team crept into a driveway...