The investigation was into force used after a stabbing at Auckland Prison.

Ministry of Education says it will do more to keep at-risk teens in mainstream schools.

An inmate who allegedly tried to escape from Auckland Prison will face internal charges.

Prison chief orders inquiries after reviewing CTV footage personally.

See inside NZ's only maximum security prison, which has just had a $300m rebuild.

Gail Maney says she was trying to get on with her life in Hamilton.

A Kiwi music-themed Battle of the Bands behind bars has been won by the prisoners.

A new book by Herald journalist Anna Leask reveals life inside New Zealand prisons.

A decision labelling a ban on prisoners voting a human rights breach has been upheld

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

A scathing report has slammed New Zealand for its overuse of solitary confinement.

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.

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 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.