A Nigerian drug smuggler who fooled immigration officials to get a job as a hospital psychiatrist was yesterday jailed for 16 months.

Inmate Latu Kepu has been sentenced to six years and four months for the manslaughter of a Waikato prison guard.

If we want to stop building prisons for men, then first take care of the women, says outspoken author.

Three American hikers held in Iran for more than a year are pawns in a diplomatic game, say their families.

Now even prisons are being made environmentally friendly.