New Zealand will get more information on criminals being deported from Australia under an information-sharing arrangement just signed.

There are close to 200 New Zealanders in Australian immigration detention centres. 406 have had their visas cancelled and 95 have already been sent home this year, writes Brian Rudman.

The Australian Government made non-citizens who had served more than a year in prison liable for deportation.

Greens parties in Australia and New Zealand are jointly calling on the Australian Government to stop the indiscriminate deportation of New Zealand offenders from Australia.

The incident occurred at Manawatu Prison. Two other staff were injured while disarming the prisoner.

A senior Corrections staffer has been sacked after allegedly having sex with a colleague on duty in an Auckland prison high security area.

An inmate found dead at Paremoremo prison has been checked by Corrections staff hourly.

A prisoner serving a life sentence for murdering a man at a party 12 years ago will be released on parole later this month.

At least 20 people are behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of serious crimes and an independent body is needed to investigate such cases, politicians have been told.

Inmates at Rolleston Prison have been showing their softer side, knitting blankets for abandoned and homeless animals rescued by the SPCA.

New Corrections figures show the controversial Mt Eden prison doesn't have the worst assault rate among inmates - but the union representing prison guards at state-run jails has cast doubt on the numbers.

Two state jails have worse assault rates than the controversial privately-run Mt Eden prison.

I was in a little town in the South of Mexico a few years back when I inadvertently found the local prison.

An increasing number of at-risk prisoners are being put in segregation.

Corrections will apologise to Jade Follett following a revelation her transfer request went nowhere when a staff member went on leave.

Serco and other private companies have no place running New Zealand prisons, a majority of voters believe.

A serious assault at Mt Eden prison saw an inmate's arm broken at the elbow and spun like a windmill - a case which Serco failed to report.

It was announced today that the terms of reference and timeframe for the chief inspector of Corrections' investigation have been extended.

An investigation into organised prisoner fights at Mt Eden prison has been extended due to the number of issues raised at the facility.

The Department of Corrections is defending its position on transgender prisoners, as an advocate group threatens a hunger strike.

A former assistant director at then Serco-run Mt Eden Prison disputed a report in yesterday's Herald that he was dismissed for refusing to take a workplace drug test

The Department of Corrections has apologised to a Waikato inmate's family after prison medical staff failed to properly care for his "complex medical needs".

A prisoner who died in jail had requested segregation from a man who had been convicted of sexually assaulted him.

Michael Murray is expected to be 'kept out of general population' as he serves his time for killing Connor Morris.

Additional staff have been brought in to Mt Eden prison since Corrections stepped in to run the jail last month, the department has confirmed.

The inmate found dead in his Mt Eden prison cell had admitted violence and sex charges against women and children spanning a period of four decades.

Labour MP Kelvin Davis visits criminals at Paremoremo prison to collect further stories about inmates' treatment at Mt Eden Corrections Facility.

A murderer serving a life sentence at Auckland Prison in Paremoremo developed such an infatuation for a Corrections officer he had her name tattooed across his chest.

Under a new law, criminals won't be able to get their hands on mistreatment compensation cash while jailed, and their victims can claim compensation from the payouts.

The typical meal of mince and peas was out the window today in the Rimutaka Prison kitchen.