COMMENT: Report funds seclusion is often used without proper conditions

A strip search of a group of inmates after assaults on prison staff was legal, says DoC.

Christchurch Men's Prison inmate fighting for his life after attack by fellow prisoner

Six inmates were awarded certificates after completing courses at Auckland Prison today.

Prison guards' private information has been found in gang members' cells at Paremoremo.

The inmate who died at Hawkes Bay Prison on Friday was Kolby Heta.

William Dwayne Bell has been charged after he was caught with porn in his Auckland cell.

An inmate is dead after an incident at Hawkes Bay Regional Prison yesterday.

Prisoners at Rimutaka Prison today received certificates for improving their reading and writing.

A high-profile child killer stabbed a fellow murderer with a light tube.

Prison escort guards will be paid the living wage of $20.20 an hour after some clever bargaining by their union.

A major investigation has been carried out at Auckland South Corrections Facility after concerns were raised about the level of violence within the prison and inmate and staff safety and "non-compliance" of the internal complaints process.

A woman who says she is the wife of double murderer Jason Reihana has spoken out in his defence after he was treated for a debilitating illness.

Treatment of autistic man Ashley Peacock raised in Amnesty International report on human rights concerns.

Wanganui farmer Walter Bolton became the last man to be hanged in New Zealand when he was taken to the scaffold on this day 60 years ago.

Law and order looks set to be a major part of this year's election campaign, so is it instead time to re-assess whether the prison system really works?

An Otago prison's been put in lockdown after three staff were assaulted by three inmates.

Corrections have launched an investigation into claims a guard assaulted an inmate at one of New Zealand's toughest prisons.

Historic convictions for sex between men in New Zealand will be quashed, Justice Minister Amy Adams has announced this afternoon.

All but one of the deaths since 1992 were men.

Jo Pitman shares her story on having a baby in prison. She is one of a handful of women who had babies behind bars.

A man in jail for an art gallery burglary has been active on Facebook - posting photos of prison tattoos and messaging friends and family about roast chicken dinners.

COMMENT: Bill English has quietly championed a prison reform approach that should appeal to fiscal conservatives and social liberals alike.

The rapidly-growing prison population has forced the Corrections Department to consider reopening prison units which were closed just a year ago.

A prisoner was restrained for 21 hours a day after forensic mental health team would not treat him, a campaigner says.

The man tasked with running New Zealand's toughest prison has today been replaced. Tom Sherlock has been the director of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo since 2012.

The auction by infamous Auckland Prison inmate Arthur Taylor of a shirt he has worn in court has been pulled by TradeMe as it was "a bridge too far".

What will prisoners be eating for Christmas dinner in New Zealand this year? Corrections have released the annual menu for its 10,000 inmates.

Amnesty International say they're "concerned" about the reports released by Crimes of Torture Act inspectors, and steps must be taken to prevent further acts of torture.