Charlie Engle hit bottom with a near fatal six-day binge that ended in a hail of bullets. As he got sober, he turned to running, which became his lifeline.

Three inmates have been sentenced over the fatal bashing of fellow prisoner Benton Parata.

Beatings, inhumane conditions and inmates forced to rape each other. This is what goes on in Saydnaya Military Prison.

The most serious offending by inmates released in error was a man facing an aggravated robbery charge and incarcerated at Auckland South.

Ngawha Prison is a strange place for a flourishing arts scene where the Bard is making his mark.

An investigation into allegations of 'fight clubs' at Mt Eden Corrections Facility was fair and the resulting report without error, a High Court judge has found.

Eye-opening images reveal the daily life of 3,800 inmates serving time behind the crowded walls of a notorious prison built for just 800.

Four men have been charged for attempting to smuggle drug-filled packages into a Hawke's Bay prison.

The Turkish president said that he would reinstate the death penalty to deal with those who took park in the coup attempt

An investigation has begun after allegations a female prison officer at the Otago Corrections Facility had a relationship with a male prisoner.

South Taranaki Maori leaders are calling for the chief executive of the Corrections Department to resign after a kaumatua was removed

The FBI is not recommending criminal charges be brought against Hillary Clinton over the use of her private email server. Turkey has charges 17 more people over the recent deadly gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's international airport.

When young people are sent to prison for a crime as serious as murder, few of us give much thought to what they will do with all that time inside.

A man facing a serious violence charge was mistakenly released from a Serco-run prison, the Weekend Herald has learned.

One of the men convicted of murdering disabled Featherston man Glen Jones has set up a Facebook page proclaiming his innocence.

The soaring prison population has led to an over spend of 45 million dollars on jails in the last 12 months and new technology could help reduce the number of bobby calves being killed. Also a Kiwi takes America’s got talent by storm.

Soaring prison population growth has led to a budget blowout of $45 million in the last year, and forced the Government to expand prisons to fit more inmates.

New Zealand's toughest criminals are doing yoga behind bars in a bid to reduce recidivism and help turn their lives around.

Children visiting their mothers will enjoy face painting, crafts and movies at Wellington Prison on Sunday.

The treatment of a maximum security prisoner who was frequently tied to a bed for significant lengths of time is being investigated.

COMMENT: That New Zealand is a highly imprisoned country is pretty widely known - but even those who know the numbers can be excused some confusion.

A spokeswoman for the Auckland South Corrections Facility at Wiri said the man was "taken ill" at 4.05pm.

Serco has agreed to pay $8 million to Corrections after the department stepped in last July to manage the Mt Eden Corrections facility.

The Government has charged Serco $8 million to cover the costs of resuming control of Mt Eden Corrections Facility last year.

When Papakura artist Jacquelyn Ritete surveys the 40 cells at Counties Manukau Police station in Wiri, she sees potential.

A prisoner behind an attack on a convicted murderer which left the victim with a broken arm and fractured skull says he is not sorry.

Up to 130 more prison cells could be "double-bunked" to cope with an unexpected blow-out in the prison population, Corrections chief Ray Smith says.