Two security guards won't face charges over the heat stroke death of a West Australian Aboriginal elder in a prison van.

Department of Corrections bosses found taxpayers could be liable for lawsuits from prison guards exposed to inmates' second-hand smoke.

A victim of two off-duty policemen found guilty of a drunken assault is calling for justice after their bid for a discharge without conviction.

Two police officers have been found guilty of assaulting a group of students in downtown Auckland after St Patrick's Day celebrations last year.

Allegations of police targeting Maori youths and improperly obtaining DNA samples may end up before the IPCA.

Three men gave DNA samples after being threatened with arrest, says their lawyer as the Hone Harawira claims widen.

A former children's home supervisor convicted of sexually abusing a young girl in his care has escaped a jail sentence by fleeing to England.

The final time Dot McCormick spoke to her tetraplegic son, she says he was planning a special meal for his soon-to-be killer.

Jurors have found Eric Neil Smail guilty of murdering his tetraplegic friend, whom he cared for part-time.