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'Unacceptable': Minister's fury over escaped prisoner who raped woman
Davis told the Herald no escape from prison was acceptable.
Convicted killer and child sex offender wants supervision lifted despite his 'high risk'
Basil Mist spent 20 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and sexually abusing girls.
'Innocent all along': Man freed after 17 years for crime he didn't commit
Andrew Malkinson was wrongly accused of the brutal crime in 2003.
Prison escapee rape trial: Complainant quizzed about cannabis use
The trial entered its third day in Wellington's High Court on Monday.
Police reveal Auckland gunman’s death was self-inflicted
Reid shot and killed Tupuga Sipiliano, 44, and Solomana To'oto'o, 45 last Thursday.
Devastated mother of shooting victim describes unbearable grief
Mena Sipiliano will travel to New Zealand from Samoa for her eldest son's funeral.
Soon to be released child abductor’s psychological treatment left unfinished
The Parole Board left 'in the dark' as to why treatment is unfinished.
Devil in the detail with political parties' 'tough on crime' rhetoric
OPINION: Jarrod Gilbert says prisons are under strain, with not enough staff to run them.
Behind bars: Prisoners put to work building new social housing
The Herald goes behind the wire for a tour of a busy prison construction yard.
Letters: Football Ferns, transport and Auckland shooting
OPINION: Letters on artificial intelligence, the military and films.
Judge jails Aimex former health and safety manager
Former health and safety manager sent to prison for lying about workplace accident.
New documents show Prince Andrew met Jeffrey Epstein under house arrest
Resurfaced emails shed light on Andrew's close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Longtime inmate with history of stabbing elderly men released from prison
Jacob Komene was released from prison last month, will be monitored.
Serial stalker’s privacy partially breached by Corrections
Kerryn Mitchell stalked her ex for more than a decade. Now, she's fought for her privacy.
Lady Tureiti Moxon: Act's justice policy is racist rhetoric and won't solve the youth problem
The Act Party has dipped into its past to inflict more colonial policy.
He was a gambling addict at 8. One moment turned his life around
Sonny Kotuhi went to prison because of his addiction; now he goes back to help others.
Co-instigator of NZ's largest prison riot eligible for parole
Ali Taipari was jailed for six years and three months but can be released on time served.
Black Power member who made armed kidnapping a career wins stoush over parole terms
Wattie Kahu was last sent to prison after a 2016 police standoff in which he was shot.
Opinion: A mailed fist on its own will never fix crime
OPINION: Boris Sokratov tells the redemption story of Robert Brown
Woman claims she was assaulted by prison guard - Corrections, police investigating
Police investigate allegation inmate beaten by Corrections at Auckland Women's Prison
Emma Priest: Why ‘getting tough on crime’ doesn’t work
Scaremongering in an election year is sadly predictable.
Inside Three Strikes: Did the law keep people safe from violent offenders?
Courts grappled with 'unforeseen casualties' that would 'shock the conscience' of NZers.
Simon Wilson: The 'soft on crime' debate - should we use a Swat team, not KFC, to get kids off roof?
OPINION: The Greens and Act offer plain choices in this election.
By Māori for Māori is the only solution for Māori
Lady Tureiti Moxon says Oranga Tamaraki should step aside
Opinion: The solution is prioritising iwi and community interventions
OPINION: Dr Moana Eruera says the last thing we need is another review.
Sasha Borissenko: Why National’s crackdown on crime misses the mark
Opinion: Idea hordes of youths are doing horrific things is not matched by facts.
Kelvin Davis pushes back on Corrections report
Corrections Minister hits back at Ombudsman report
'Collateral damage': Prisoner rights overlooked, urgent fix needed
The treatment of prisoners is under the spotlight in a report by the Chief Ombudsman.
Assault on Corrections officer has lasting effect
Assaulted Corrections officer become 'a prisoner in his own home', court heard.
Who is Uncle Six? Imprisoned crime boss reveals meth empire funnelling millions to China
Despite an overstayer who couldn't speak English, he built a lucrative criminal career.
‘I can’t stand by’: Sister of slain teen’s mission to have all murderers jailed for life
Murdered teen's sister opens up on pain of loss and hunt for gang-linked killers.
Solitary confinement has 'significant' impact on prisoners - report
Corrections said it did not underestimate the serious impact isolation has on inmates.