Teenagers at a youth prison allege to watchdog that staff hit them during 'fight clubs'.

A proposal for a separate Maori prison is not Labour policy, leader Andrew Little says.

Rikihana Tawhai, who's accused of escaping custody, has been found.

Editorial: Prisoners do not have a right to be given an opportunity to donate sperm.

Victim so badly beaten he could no longer walk, talk or do anything for himself.

The Herald understands prison director was on his final warning before he went on leave.

An inmate has spent more than a month in hospital after a brutal attack in Christchurch.

Expert's report on seclusion in prisons and mental health units reveals poor practices

COMMENT: Report funds seclusion is often used without proper conditions

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.

Phillip John Smith's criminal history is long and it is violent. He has terrified and tormented, abused and killed. What made him a such a monster?

Corrections officers are being housed at a five-star waterfront hotel in the Far North while on secondment to cover the region's short staffed prison.

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.

More than 100 babies have been born to women in prison in the past six years. The Weekend Herald spoke to the mums trying to make the best of a bad situation.

Some of the country's most high profile inmates are demanding compensation and an apology from the Department of Corrections over a mass strip search.

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.