Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga denies the takeover indicates a loss of confidence in operator.

$100,000 a year to imprison a person is a lot of money. That's the striking figure at the centre of the current prison scandal and debate.

The High Court has ruled a blanket ban on all prisoners' voting in general elections is an unjustified limit on their right to vote.

Minister says Government team is stepping in to run Mt Eden prison, after private firm rocked by allegations of violence.

The parents of a prison inmate whose death is at the centre of a prison violence scandal are looking to lay a formal complaint with police.

The father of a former inmate at Mt Eden Prison denies claims his son was injured when he fell from a cell block landing.

Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga was under renewed pressure last night after a fresh case of violence was reported from the Serco-run Mt Eden Correctional Facility.

The White House has announced that it is finalising a plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba.

The Corrections Minister's statements are all well and good but the seriousness of prison claims requires a harder line, writes Toby Manhire.

Serco has been fined $300,000 in the last year for breaching its contract with the Government, the Corrections Minister revealed this afternoon.

Under-fire Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga has hauled in prison operator Serco for an urgent meeting today.

Embattled Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga is defending his handling of the controversial death of a prisoner at a privately-run prison.

Labour MP Kelvin Davis says the Corrections Minister has lost control of his department.

Labour MP Kelvin Davis has claimed that a prisoner who was thought to have died from a superbug had severe injuries that could only have been caused by violent abuse within jail.

The inmate whose death is the subject of multiple inquiries was on the brink of escaping the life which put him behind bars, friends have told the Herald.

Labour MP Kelvin Davis has claimed a prisoner who was thought to have died from a superbug had severe injuries that could only have been caused by violent abuse.

The fight clubs were a “disgrace” and showed private companies should not run prisons, the Public Service Association said.

Prison officers union says Mt Eden Prison chiefs were told 18 months ago but did "nothing about it".

Footage was reportedly filmed by an inmate at Auckland's Mount Eden prison who then sent it to media.

The Corrections Minister has announced a "robust and thorough" review over footage of inmates engaging in banned behaviour in New Zealand prisons.

"They are just locked up and that's that. What about their wellbeing and safety? They are still human beings."

Videos revealing an inmate “fight club” must be investigated independently at once, the Corrections Association president says.

Inmates at an Auckland prison are holding organised fights, filming them on contraband mobile phones and uploading the footage to the internet.

A grandmother-of-seven can finally fill in forms without her daughter's help, thanks to a volunteer literacy programme at the Auckland women's prison.

Wearable cameras for prison guards could bring down the number of assaults behind bars, Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga says.

New wearable cameras and stab-resistant body armour will be introduced for prison guards, the Corrections Minister announced today.

The mother of a man who died in Otago Prison is considering a private prosecution or civil action against those responsible.