Two Auckland prison guards have today been charged with smuggling contraband - including a controlled drug - into jail for inmates. One of the men also faces a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Two Auckland prison guards were arrested today and face a number of charges after a joint operation between police and the Department of Corrections.

For eight years, a British grandmother has been living on death row in Texas.

David Tamihere was this morning released from prison after 20 years behind bars for the murders of Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin.

One of the country's youngest killers is back in jail, this time for the indecent assault of two female journalists.