Latest from Department of Corrections

Arthur Taylor to seek parole next week

One of New Zealand's most high-profile criminals is heading back to the Parole Board next week in a bid to get an early release from prison.

Corrections: 245 EM bracelets removed

New figures show that almost 250 offenders removed their electronically monitored trackers during the 2015/16 year.

Watch NZH Local Focus: 'For a moment they're not inmates'

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Kerre McIvor: Spending $1 billion is criminal

COMMENT: Crime does not pay, as the old adage goes. That may or may not be true, but what is absolutely without question is that crime costs.

Prison attack: What really happened

The Herald has learned that six guards were injured in an attack at New Zealand's toughest prison, with three suffering stab wounds to their heads.

Assaults on prison guards shoot up

Assaults on prison guards by inmates have increased by more than 100 in the last year.

Assaulted guard released from hospital

A prison guard hospitalised after an attack at Paremoremo has been discharged.

Three staff assaulted by prisoners

Three members of staff at the Paremoremo Prison required medical treatment after being assaulted by a group of prisoners.

Serco investigation 'fair': High Court

An investigation into allegations of 'fight clubs' at Mt Eden Corrections Facility was fair and the resulting report without error, a High Court judge has found.

An open letter to Minister of Corrections

COMMENT: The Corrections Department should spend time and effort in recruiting more persons such as Ngapari Nui to be kaiwhakamana in the prisons.

Mount Eden prisoners refused lock-up

Security reinforcements were put on stand-by and Mount Eden prison locked-down after disorder involving a group of up to 50 prisoners.

Dozens of prisoners put in lockdown

Inmates at an Auckland prison were put in lockdown for 48 hours after obstructing corrections officers and disobeying orders.

'Like putting a fox next to chickens'

Criticism mounts after Corrections placed one of New Zealand's worst sex offenders just metres from a school and failed to inform them.

High-risk rapist living by school

A "high-risk" sex offender has been placed just metres from a large Auckland school by Corrections.

Budget 2016: Additional funding for Corrections, Police

Corrections will get an extra $355 million over four years to help cope with a growing prison population while Police will close to $300 million in new operating funding.

Offenders banned after complaints

Corrections has banned an Auckland boarding house from homing offenders after residents are accused of all-day parties, vandalism and verbally abusing.