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Harata Gibson calls for all groups to come together to mourn after Gisborne party deaths.
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Positive outcomes are better for our community - Minister McKee
Minister wants outcome focus on rangatahi courts review.
Convicted killer of Christchurch teen appears before Parole Board
Connor Whitehead, 16, was shot dead at a party in Christchurch in 2021.
Notorious Aussie baby killer to learn release fate in ‘no body’ law test
The body of two-day-old baby Tegan has never been found.
Prisoner escape: Violent white supremacist on the loose after co-ordinated ambush
Three corrections officers were shot and wounded.
Richard Prebble: What’s causing the scandalous backlog in courts
OPINION: What we blast as 'police state' tyranny elsewhere we are doing ourselves.
'A living hell': Cellmate who starved and beat sex offender is sentenced
Rene Thomas has some unresolved issues he needs to address, a judge said.
Disabled US man makes desperate appeal days before scheduled execution
Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be executed this Wednesday.
Grinning inmates who spurred manhunt after motorway escape sent back to prison
A bystander said the inmates 'looked pretty happy' as they emerged from the prison van.
Cops leaving, recruitment struggles, back office to frontline
Dozens of Kiwi police officers are waiting to take up lucrative jobs in Australia
Officials' scathing analysis of Government gang proposals
How the Ministry of Justice pushed to water down the gang crackdown proposals.
Saying young-offender boot camps will work, or won’t, misses the point
OPINION: LSV is a pathway to turn young men's lives around.
Opinion: Youth crime does not occur in a vacuum, if only because we do not live in that state
OPINION: All boot camps offer are punishment, not the context of the crime.
Double killer caught in large-scale Hells Angels drug plot committed suicide, coroner finds
The inmate used a smuggled phone to contact - unknowingly - an undercover US DEA agent.
The Government's law and order 100-day action item that required 'no actions'
The prison target wasn't just axed by Labour. It was never actioned by Corrections.
'Cacophony of clowns': Winston Peters slams boot camp critics
Deputy PM says the initiative can work if run properly.
'Game of Russian roulette': Rust film armourer guilty of manslaughter in shooting by Alec Baldwin
Gutierrez-Reed also had faced a second charge, of tampering with evidence.
Karen Chhour firm on plan to turn offenders' lives around
Children's Minister believes boot camps for youth offenders will work.
Inmate punches fellow prisoner in the face, then drops to ground to do sit-ups
The victim lost a tooth when he was struck forcefully in the face without reason.
'Gone mom': Woman found guilty for murder conspiracy of mum dropping kids at school
'There can be no victory when five children are growing up without their mother.'
'Please help us': Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti’s main prison
The jailbreak marked a new low in Haiti’s downward spiral of violence.
Violent sexual offender deemed a danger 'for years to come', gets open-ended jail term
His offending against a previous victim's brother came to light years later.
Government takes 'first steps' towards rehabilitation support for remand prisoners
The number of people on remand has increased by 146 per cent over the past 10 years.
Death row inmate was never in the photo line-up that helped convict him. Now, he’s free
The death row inmate is now free after 25 years.
Tough new gang patch laws: Judges will enforce and dispense justice, not the politicians
The tough new gang laws have been met with scepticism and rejoicing.
Convicted killer and rapist accuses sister of keeping his payment for being abused in state care
Convicted double murderer Leon Wilson says sister is withholding a $25k payout from him.
Texas man who long claimed innocence is executed
'I want you to know that I never killed James and Amy.'
'Enough to level the Sky Tower': Amateur bomb-maker's threat that spurred large-scale evacuation
The wheelchair-bound ex-con had been released from prison two months earlier.
Gang patch crackdown a ‘waste of time and energy’
Social worker says gang patch law is waste of time
US serial killer with penchant for poetry to be executed after nearly 50 years
One of the US' longest death row inmates, with a penchant for poetry, to be executed.
Youth running coach's jailhouse confession: '140 to 150 additional victims'
Alan Rubick has been in jail for the past decade for sexual offending against boys.
Accused boarding house arsonist back in court
The derelict Dunedin property was gutted by fire on October 27 last year.
Prison dogs discover meth hidden in desk-top fan addressed to inmate
Dogs Baz and Bindi prevent crystal meth and cannabis from entering the prison system.
Why Danny Masterson has moved prisons - again
The That 70s Show actor has moved prisons due to concern for 'the inmate's wellbeing'.