Offenders who get locked up for Christmas can forget about a special meal from the cops on the big day.

Prisoners will not be able to have more than three pieces of fruit a day in NZ jails, after a major riot was found to have been caused by inmates who were drunk on home-brewed alcohol.

Corrections is trying to prevent prisoners from stockpiling fruit after inmates were found to have made an alcoholic drink out of it before a major riot at Spring Hill Prison.

'It feels like there is no hope left out there.' There are concerns in Christchurch that the city's housing situation is more dire than ever, with families squatting in the red zone.

I pictured only cold stone walls, heavy steel doors, violent men, and indifferent guards.

Inmates moving through the country's new $300 million prison will be able to track their path to freedom.

Auckland Prison's maximum security wing is to be completely rebuilt under a Public Private Partnership (PPP).

The rate of repairs to earthquake-damaged Housing New Zealand homes in Christchurch has been slammed for being "painfully slow".

A building expert has expressed concerns about Auckland's historic Mt Eden Prison being empty.

Police investigations into the death of an Otago remand prisoner have been stepped up following the involvement of New Zealand's police watchdog in the case.

A group of inmates are stonewalling a police investigation into a near-fatal stabbing at Paremoremo Prison.

Prison officers allegedly used "ghosting" to alter records after an inmate's death to state they had checked on prisoners more often than they had.

A psychologist has been banned from treating prison inmates and told her contact with them was "inappropriate".

On the table at Rimutaka Prison last week was lamb fillet with duck liver pate, caramelised potatoes and vegetables in an oxtail jus.

Damian came to prison when he was barely into his teens - he's doing life and it will be years before he'll come up for parole.

New rental televisions for prisoners are one step in a long-term plan to have inmates manage their lives from their cell.

The Department of Corrections is facing a backlash after introducing random drug and alcohol testing for prison guards.

A justice reform group is calling for 17-year-old offenders to be dealt with by the youth justice system rather than the adult criminal courts.

Questions have been raised about the culture of Sercos, after serious fraud allegations were laid against its headquarters in the UK.

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has called a successful court challenge against smoking bans in prisons a "waste of time" because the Government has already changed the law to justify the bans.

Images from inside the military prison at Guantanamo Bay give an insight into the heavy-handed tactics the United States is using to force-feed prisoners.

A child sex offender was paid $26,600 in compensation by the taxpayer under a scheme which has awarded more than $500,000 to prisoners since it came into effect in 2005.