Corrections
More staff for New Caledonia jail
The French justice minister has announced another 13 positions will be created for the corrections service at New Caledonia's Camp Est jail.
Quakers and prison staff to meet about flower ban
Mt Eden prison management will meet today with the Quakers to discuss its sudden ban on the group delivering Christmas flowers to inmates.
Mt Eden prison guards put up in 4 1/2-star hotel
The Corrections Department has paid about $2 million for hotel rooms for extra guards it needs at Mt Eden prison.
Corrections pays thousands to put up prison guards in hotels
The Corrections Department has been paying thousands of dollars a night to house prison guards in Auckland hotels for the last 18 months. The ACT Party leader David Seymour says it's a waste of… Audio
Corrections pays thousands to put up prison guards in hotels
The Corrections Department has been paying thousands of dollars a night to house prison guards in Auckland hotels for the last 18 months. The ACT Party leader David Seymour says it's a waste of… Audio
Inmate dies at Christchurch prison
A prisoner was found unresponsive in his cell yesterday and was given medical attention but died.
Family of prisoner who died complains to IPCA over investigation
The family of a prisoner whose death helped spark the Mt Eden Prison fight club inquiry says a new report raises disturbing questions.
Calls for independent reporting agency for prisons
Planned changes to prison inspection reporting will not make jails safer, the Green Party says.
Corrections refuses Ombudsman's request to remove some cameras
Corrections is refusing to remove cameras from some parts of prisons despite an Ombudsman's report they amount to degrading treatment under the Crimes of Torture Act. Audio
Inmates found being filmed while using toilets
The Ombudsman has unearthed evidence of some prisoners being filmed while strip-searched or using the toilet.
Hundreds of Chch prisoners to get extra govt support
Hundreds of Christchurch prisoners will receive education, financial advice and housing support as part of the government's offender employment programme.
Corrections to face legal action over assault footage
The Office of Human Rights Proceedings will take legal action after CCTV footage was not given to a prisoner who was attacked in Mt Eden prison, leaving him with brain damage.
Fiji Corrections hire more staff
The Fiji Corrections Service has taken on another 54 prison officers as two new facilities are about to be opened soon.
Insight: Paremoremo prisoners say they still cannot get work experience outside the wire.
Two years after Phillip John Smith went on the run to South America, prisoners say they still cannot get work experience outside the wire.
Dying prisoner given permission to go home
Terminally-ill prisoner Vicki Letele has left Wiri Prison to return home and be cared for by her family. Video
Four staff attacked by inmates at Chch prison
Four staff were attacked and injured by a group of inmates at Christchurch Men's Prison, but the altercation was quickly brought under control, the Corrections Department says.
Corrections recommends dying prisoner be released
The Department of Corrections is recommending terminally-ill prisoner Vicki Letele be returned home to live out her final months.
Former Mt Eden inmate suing Corrections for $5m
A former inmate of the Serco-run Mt Eden Prison is seeking millions of dollars in compensation from the Corrections Department.
Iwi upset at Corrections' ban on gang member volunteering at prison
The Taranaki iwi whose kaumatua has been banned from visiting Whanganui Prison because of his gang connections are looking at taking legal action. Audio
Prison fight clubs: 'It was basically a jungle'
Prisoners were being forced to take part in fight clubs by the notorious Killer Beez street gang at Mt Eden prison as early as 2009, and were bashed if they refused.