Prison officers were justified in restraining an inmate after a struggle described as a "seething mass of humanity", a coroner's inquest has found.

Prison bosses have admitted that they expected riots when they banned smoking in jails last year.

A woman visiting her partner in prison was trapped inside for more than three hours despite screaming out for guards and throwing a chair at a window to get their attention.

A dangerous prisoner who killed a guard is being investigated for two separate assaults on Corrections officers within two weeks.

A dangerous prisoner who killed a guard has allegedly attacked another jailer in similar circumstances.

A Hawke's Bay prison officer was hospitalised yesterday after being attacked by an inmate, and the incident is now being investigated by police.

A final decision on parole conditions for notorious sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson has been delayed until this afternoon, hours after he walked free.