Seven boys overpowered three night staff at a south Auckland youth justice facility and took their keys before escaping onto the roof.

COMMENT: John Key this week recalled the shock he felt when Simon Power privately told him he would be retiring from politics.

Assaults on prison guards by inmates have increased by more than 100 in the last year.

A 22-year-old man with an "extreme" meth problem has surprised a judge with his request to be sent to prison.

Dame Tariana Turia has accused the Government of spending more money on locking people up than on combating poverty. The former Maori

Three members of staff at the Paremoremo Prison required medical treatment after being assaulted by a group of prisoners.

The leader of a methamphetamine importation ring - run from his prison cell - has been jailed.

A prison riot in northern Brazil has reportedly left 25 inmates dead, seven of them decapitated and six burned to death.

Meditation has helped prisoners in one of Mexico's most notorious jails change their lives. Michael Donaldson talks to a pair of unlikely Kiwi monks.

A three-year trial aimed at getting prisoners into jobs and stopping them returning to crime will begin in seven prisons this week.

COMMENT: Making unlawful detention subsequently lawful only deepens the outrage.

COMMENT: The disproportionate amount of Maori in our criminal justice system is among the most serious problems facing New Zealand.

A human rights lawyer says the case for compensation is strong for those held in jail too long as a result of Corrections misinterpreting the law.

Tristram talks to Political Reporter Isaac Davison about the Corrections blunder that has seen possibly thousands of inmates incarcerated for too long.

Prisoners could walk free today and Corrections Minister Judith Collins will be briefed on the fall-out from the miscalculation of parole and release dates.

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.

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

Judith Collins' decision to suspend Ngapari Nui's voluntary work in Whanganui Prison could have far-reaching consequences, crime and

The Corrections Department says it was prepared to back an ex-gang affiliate working in prisons until it found out he was a patched member.

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.