Prison chief orders inquiries after reviewing CTV footage personally.

See inside NZ's only maximum security prison, which has just had a $300m rebuild.

Gail Maney says she was trying to get on with her life in Hamilton.

A Kiwi music-themed Battle of the Bands behind bars has been won by the prisoners.

A new book by Herald journalist Anna Leask reveals life inside New Zealand prisons.

A decision labelling a ban on prisoners voting a human rights breach has been upheld

Teenagers at a youth prison allege to watchdog that staff hit them during 'fight clubs'.

A proposal for a separate Maori prison is not Labour policy, leader Andrew Little says.

Rikihana Tawhai, who's accused of escaping custody, has been found.

The Herald understands prison director was on his final warning before he went on leave.

An inmate has spent more than a month in hospital after a brutal attack in Christchurch.

Expert's report on seclusion in prisons and mental health units reveals poor practices

COMMENT: Report funds seclusion is often used without proper conditions

A scathing report has slammed New Zealand for its overuse of solitary confinement.

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

Christchurch Men's Prison inmate fighting for his life after attack by fellow prisoner

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

Prison guards' private information has been found in gang members' cells at Paremoremo.

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

Prisoners at Rimutaka Prison today received certificates for improving their reading and writing.

Phillip John Smith's criminal history is long and it is violent. He has terrified and tormented, abused and killed. What made him a such a monster?

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.

A high-profile child killer stabbed a fellow murderer with a light tube.

Prison escort guards will be paid the living wage of $20.20 an hour after some clever bargaining by their union.

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.

A woman who says she is the wife of double murderer Jason Reihana has spoken out in his defence after he was treated for a debilitating illness.

Treatment of autistic man Ashley Peacock raised in Amnesty International report on human rights concerns.

Wanganui farmer Walter Bolton became the last man to be hanged in New Zealand when he was taken to the scaffold on this day 60 years ago.

Law and order looks set to be a major part of this year's election campaign, so is it instead time to re-assess whether the prison system really works?

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