Auckland Prison was in lockdown this afternoon after two inmates attacked staff.

A strip search of a group of inmates after assaults on prison staff was legal, says DoC.

Corrections will appeal the reasoning behind the High Court decision.

Six inmates were awarded certificates after completing courses at Auckland Prison today.

William Dwayne Bell has been charged after he was caught with porn in his Auckland cell.

An inmate is dead after an incident at Hawkes Bay Regional Prison yesterday.

Smith can keep his hairpiece: "Mr Smith's fundamental right to freedom of expression was ignored."

Corrections officers are being housed at a five-star waterfront hotel in the Far North while on secondment to cover the region's short staffed prison.

Corrections is debunking claims of a 22-hour prisoner lockdown at a notorious Waikato prison.

An inmate released from Auckland Central Remand Prison to attend a family funeral has done a runner.

Using restraints on mentally ill prisoners amounts to torture, says a leading lawyer.

Corrections wants the law changed to temporarily turn police cells into prisons.

A major investigation has been carried out at Auckland South Corrections Facility after concerns were raised about the level of violence within the prison and inmate and staff safety and "non-compliance" of the internal complaints process.

The fifth annual Auckland Pride Parade has roared into life on Ponsonby Road.

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A man with a history of child sex offending and impersonating police officers is now likely to receive increased monitoring by the

Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.

An Otago prison's been put in lockdown after three staff were assaulted by three inmates.

After nearly 15 years since she came out of the closet about her sexuality, 29-year-old transsexual Cecilia Kang still gets hurtful things said to her.

A high-risk child sex offender in custody after admitting cutting off his electronic monitoring tag and going on the run.

COMMENT: Bill English has quietly championed a prison reform approach that should appeal to fiscal conservatives and social liberals alike.

A prisoner was restrained for 21 hours a day after forensic mental health team would not treat him, a campaigner says.

Extra staff needed at Mt Eden prison were put up in hotels, at a cost of $2 million.

The man tasked with running New Zealand's toughest prison has today been replaced. Tom Sherlock has been the director of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo since 2012.

The auction by infamous Auckland Prison inmate Arthur Taylor of a shirt he has worn in court has been pulled by TradeMe as it was "a bridge too far".

A high-profile murderer suffered life threatening injuries after he was stabbed with glass and wood at Auckland Prison.

What will prisoners be eating for Christmas dinner in New Zealand this year? Corrections have released the annual menu for its 10,000 inmates.

A mentally unwell prisoner was restrained with his hands behind his back for 21 hours a day for 10 weeks, a report has revealed.

New Zealand prisoners have been subjected to degrading treatment, a watchdog has found.

A prisoner who a probation officer tried to warn was too dangerous to release will spend full sentence behind bars after bottling a man while on parole.