Iwi leader backs MP's plan to break Māori reoffending
Strategy that aims to lower the proportion of Māori in prisons has been launched.
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Carjacking trio escape police custody, on run in Levin
Police say they're committed to locating and arresting offenders as quickly as possible.
Woman stopped paying rent to her jailed ex. He fought from prison to evict her
The man tried to take his ex to the Tenancy Tribunal after she stopped paying rent.
James Bulger case: Child killer could be free soon with new identity
The child killer who at one point was possibly being shipped to NZ could soon be free.
Ombudsman: NZ prison conditions breach torture convention
"This is pretty uncivilised in modern New Zealand," says Peter Boshier.
Our dark history of abuse in care - inside the first hearing
Inside the first proper hearing of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care.
Extensive supervision order granted to recidivist child sex offender
Sex offender now identifies as female and uses the name Laken McKay.
Editorial: Should prisoners get to vote?
We say: The Waitangi Tribunal wants the voting ban lifted for all prisoners.
Prison mail ban: Hate speech, online reach eyed as reasons
Hate speech and online reach are being looked at as grounds to withhold prisoners' mail.
Woman receives dozens of abusive letters from prison
A woman received more than 30 threatening letters from a family member in prison.
Audrey Young: Ardern entitled to be furious on prison failure
COMMENT: The challenge to the voting ban was two battles rolled into one.
Christchurch terror accused: No letters sent to victims, Muslim community
Corrections know exactly who the Christchurch terror-accused has written to from his cell.
Corrections blunder: 2nd letter from accused mosque shooter emerges
Staff allowed two inmates to send letters containing content that should've been withheld.
Corrections' prison letter failure despite advice from Norway's expert Breivik team
Kelvin Davis has demanded a new multi-level process for vetting the prisoner's mail.
More time for inmates in Killer Beez revenge attack, acquitted guards return to work
Three prison guards were also charged and later acquitted over the vicious prison fight.
Corrections boss 'sorry', puts block on accused Chch gunman's mail
PM says alleged gunman should not have been able to send letter with "hateful views".
Murderer on the run
A man who was convicted of murder in 1998 has gone on the run from Canterbury Police.
Prisoner charged with attempted murder
Prisoner charged with attempted murder of another inmate.
'Beast of Blenheim' free despite sex crime denials
The now 72-year-old will return to his cottage on the Whanganui Prison grounds.
Community get a voice on new youth justice facility in South Auckland
The ministry wants to repurpose an existing facility into a youth justice residence.
Corrections wants strict tabs kept on recidivist child sex offender
Corrections are seeking a court order to strictly monitor a repeat child sex offender
'Model prisoner': Sex offender granted parole
"He explained that he is now deeply ashamed at what he did."
Man who killed Coral-Ellen Burrows, 6, allegedly attacks fellow inmate
Child killer implicated in serious assault on another prisoner.
Pregnant prison staff sent home after inmate contracts measles
Five pregnant Mt Eden prison staff have been sent home after a measles case was confirmed.
Auckland prison inmates broadcast live sparring video on Facebook
The video was posted live in a closed Facebook group earlier this afternoon.
Visiting ban for pregnant women, kids at measles-hit prison
Prisoners in certain units who were not immune would be placed in quarantine.
Paedophile who threatened to spread HIV once out of prison to be released
Offender who threatened to give 'many people HIV' if released from prison to be freed.
Female inmates describe 'degrading' internal searches
Women say the searches brought back trauma from being raped.
Pen-pals with infamous killer: 'Dad would've had a hissy fit'
Turbott wasn't aware she was visiting one of two people behind the Bassett Rd murders.
Partners in crime: Lover of Ports of Auckland fraudster jailed
The partners in crime stole more than $368,000 of Auckland ratepayers' money.
Bomb threat shuts down prison in Otago
Police received the threat to Otago Corrections Facility on Tuesday afternoon last week.
'Wrong-way glass': Paremoremo prison blunder revealed
Corrections confirm one-way glass was installed back-to-front in $300 million wing.
James Bulger case: Infamous killer may be shipped to NZ
UK authorities are reportedly sick of having to create new identities for Jon Venables.
Bassett Rd machine gun murders: Killer's art up for grabs
An oil painting purportedly by one of New Zealand's most infamous killers is for sale.