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Man sentenced to 12 more years for prison drug ring

Cigarette crackdown already causing fights, says ex-inmate

Squeeze on cigarettes is already causing fights, says a man just released from Waikato's Rangipo Prison.

<i>Editorial</i>: Smoking ban in prisons is over the top

'Bash' threats over prison smoking ban

Prison guards have been threatened with "the bash" when the ban on inmates smoking takes effect.

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Smoking ban just Govt covering its butt

Prison smoking ban to kick in next July

Corrections Minister Judith Collins today announced prisoners have 12 months to kick the smoking habit before a total ban comes in.

Should NZ prisons be smoke-free?

Smoking will be banned in all prisons from next year. Is this a good idea? Some say it could cause fights, others claim it will reduce lung cancer risks.

Call for cessation scheme for inmates if smoking banned

Spies who came back from the dead

Father arrested over drugs outside son's prison

Petition to extend killer's sentence

Nurseries fear impact of cheap prison labour

An emergency meeting has been called as the horticulture industry confronts what its says is the negative impact of cheap prison labour.

'Hunted One's' appeal fails

Escaped prisoner in Gisborne

Alabama suicide bid

NZ wife-killer faces 21 years in US jail