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Pigeons vs Prisons: Vertigo pulse system used as Corrections, AT battle bird poo deluge
Bringing Symterra to the skies: Government agencies face off against avian adversaries.
‘Don’t check your pockets’: Guard who smuggled drugs into prison blamed actions on menacing note
The prison guard said he feared for his safety if he didn't comply.
Police hunt man who escaped custody at Taupō court
Belhajjam was wearing green prison-issue shorts and an orange high-vis vest.
Thousands of prisoners on NZ planes: 'Flying with a cuffed inmate is a little unnerving'
Prisoners are being flown commercially and privately - but at what cost?
‘My life was not normal’: Child actors' struggles with fame and addiction
Two former stars made headlines this week, and the industry's no stranger to tragic tales.
Fire in Waikato prison cell seriously injures inmate
The man was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
New Zealand’s only convicted saboteur released from prison but will still be monitored
Taupō man served full prison sentence of three years and one month.
Prisoner who made dramatic escape from hospital recaptured – police
Video footage showed shirtless man sliding several storeys down pipe before running away.
‘This is not a protest’: Children’s Minister dismisses Oranga Tamariki facility roof climb
Karen Chhour weighs in on the incident at a South Auckland youth justice facility.
Young people who spent night on Auckland youth justice facility roof come down
Oranga Tamariki will review how the youths gained access to the top of the building.
Inmates in NZ's toughest prison start three fires over the weekend
Corrections say there is 'no information' to suggest the fires were co-ordinated.
‘Horrific and violent’: NY prison guards caught on camera fatally beating inmate
NY attorney-general released body cam footage to provide 'transparency'.
Eat, drink and be merry: Prison locked down after inmates' Christmas Eve booze-up
Prisoners often try to stockpile fruit to be used in homebrews, officials say.
Christmas Day at Whanganui Prison; prisoners to prepare Xmas meals
Corrections provides 'basic and nutritious meals' for prisoners on Christmas Day.
'Snitches get stitches': Family want answers after child sex offender's 'unexplained' prison death
The family say they found unusual marks on the inmate's body.
Community fights ‘horrible’ plan to house 10 child sex offenders near primary school
Corrections said their staff worked hard to assess the suitability of an address.
Prisoner's wife lambasts Corrections for slashing phone call times
Free daily phone calls prisoners can make will be cut back to half an hour a day.
Treatment of inmates at prison's extreme risk unit cruel, inhuman - Chief Ombudsman
There are currently 13 prisoners in Auckland Prison’s unit.
Youth held in cells overnight increases tenfold in two years
Youth held in police cells skyrockets due to lack of beds, rising youth crime.
'Repugnant and disturbing': Slapping therapy leaves 2 people dead
Hongchi Xiao has been sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter.
Willow-Jean Prime: Govt needs to rethink failed boot camp strategy
OPINION: 330+ community services lose funding; critics advocate proven local programmes.
Blanket carefully hung in prison yard to conceal violent bashing of inmate
The prison assault was only the beginning of Jason Osborne's latest bout of offending.
‘Just lost it’: Court docs outline why a convicted baby killer decided to murder again
Donovan Duff's name and criminal history had been kept secret until today.
Mongrel Mob baby killer admits second murder – this time inside Auckland prison
He already had a minimum non-parole period of 17 years before the second killing.
'No tolerance': Police brace for gang influx at Mob boss funeral after untimely death
The Mongrel Mob are off to Napier for Angus Benson's tangi as police ensure public safety.
After 10 years in Bali jail, new hope Kiwi man could be brought home
Antony de Malmanche has lost all his teeth, suffers depression and is down to 50kg.
Jarrod Gilbert: Prison report reveals heartbreak of youth incarceration cycle
OPINION: Is Corrections able to address failings in how we handle young offenders?