The voting public gets to decide on the billboard and the promises made on it.

COMMENT: Involving academics can help drive gains for Corrections where politics fail.

New Zealand is one of the few western countries to not allow conjugal visits.

Corrections struggle to keep contraband phones out of prisoners' pockets.

Pasifika prison guards claim they face discrimination at Auckland Prison.

It is understood photos may not be released to Reid and his bride until after his release.

'No obvious plan' to bring Hawke's Bay prison up to UN standards, critical report says.

Phillip John Smith has been denied parole because he poses a high risk for re-offending.

Prisoner who escaped after brother's funeral has abandoned sick child in hospital.

Coda, Baz and Jock were more interested in playfighting than meeting the minister.

Inmates at Auckland Prison were locked down at the weekend after guards called in sick.

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.

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

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

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