The rocker's appeal for a lighter sentence has been dismissed by the High Court.

A prisoner has died after a day on life support following a self-harm incident in Mt Eden prison, the Herald has learned.

Council takes leap of faith to give another chance to Black Power member who was jailed for assault and grievous bodily harm.

The transgender community says the inmate is not getting enough support and needs better protection.

Labour says private prison company Serco must be booted out after an alleged rape in a jail.

Despite money not growing on trees, gardening seems to be the most popular way for NZ's white collar criminals to while away the hours behind bars.

A police investigation has begun into claims that a prisoner was raped while locked in overnight at a privately run men's prison in South Auckland.

The sister of the man murdered by Phillip Smith says nobody has been properly held to account for his escape, and politicians were "all ducking their heads".

A chain of shortcomings allowed Phillip John Smith to escape to Brazil - and an overhaul of systems and information sharing between governments is needed.

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.

Serco has been forgiven $620,000 of financial penalties after being issued performance notices by the Corrections Department.

In total the private prisoner operator will be at least $1,090,000 out of pocket, TV3 reported.

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.

David Fisher talks to former inmates about what life behind bars is really like.

A transgender prisoner has been moved to a women's jail, hours after transgender advocacy group began a hunger strike highlighting her plight.

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