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.

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.

The rapidly-growing prison population has forced the Corrections Department to consider reopening prison units which were closed just a year ago.

A prisoner was restrained for 21 hours a day after forensic mental health team would not treat him, a campaigner says.

The man tasked with running New Zealand's toughest prison has today been replaced. Tom Sherlock has been the director of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo since 2012.

The auction by infamous Auckland Prison inmate Arthur Taylor of a shirt he has worn in court has been pulled by TradeMe as it was "a bridge too far".

What will prisoners be eating for Christmas dinner in New Zealand this year? Corrections have released the annual menu for its 10,000 inmates.

Amnesty International say they're "concerned" about the reports released by Crimes of Torture Act inspectors, and steps must be taken to prevent further acts of torture.

New Zealand's new Prime Minister is a former farmer and literature student from smalltown Southland who once described himself as "specialising in being boring".

The Salvation Army has released a report with several recommendations to Corrections to reduce re-offending and help ex-prisoners re-enter society.

COMMENT: Three strikes and you're out. If any expression shows the influence of America, this is it.

COMMENT: The Three-Strikes legislation is only going to increase the prison population. It's time it went the way of its disgraced Act Party champion.

Murderer George Baker was involved in a stand-off with police at Auckland's North Shore Hospital after he was uncuffed by Corrections staff and "smashed up his room".

"It's Not Ok" spokesperson Vic Tamati talks to Hawke's Bay Regional Prison inmates about living a violence-free life. Made with funding from NZ On Air.