British prisoners have been disconnected after they used Facebook to plot with other criminals and intimidate their victims.

An MP's bill proposing an increase in maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences has earned Govt support.

Preventive detention will be retained as a sentencing option for judges under the Government's proposed "three strikes" legislation, Police Minister Judith Collins said today.

Offenders with a record will have "nothing to lose" and could be more likely to kill under the three-strikes law, a prisoners' advocate says.

New Zealand courts cancelled almost $100 million in fines and reparations in the past financial year.

The Government has decided to implement key recommendations in Dame Margaret Bazley's report on the legal aid system.

One man's house may be his castle but in the case of film-maker Roman Polanski yesterday, released at last from his prison cell just outside Zurich, it is his luxury prison.

A group of Robin Bain supporters has launched a petition to deny his son David Bain's compensation application

The Ministry of Justice is "extremely disappointed" at the Public Service Association's (PSA) rejection of a pay offer.