National, Act to get tough on violent crime
National and Act have agreed to pass a three-strikes law under which some killers will be locked away in prison without any chance of release.
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Notorious killer Marsh dies in jail
Double killer Rufus Junior Marsh, a career criminal who spent just 18 months out of jail since he was 14, has died in prison.
Police close in on notorious rapist
The Government is distancing itself from the controversy around the prison release of notorious rapist Maka Renata.
Police on edge after freed rapist does runner
A man taught to rape at age 14, and described by some as a "timebomb", is on the run after breaching conditions of his release from prison.
Man caught trying to smuggle LSD worth up to $2.5m into prison
A man has been arrested trying to smuggle up to 50,000 doses of the psychedelic drug lysergic acid (LSD), worth up to $2.5m, into an Auckland prison.
Catch me if you can - escaper's taunt to police
An Auckland Prison inmate left police a taunting note on a concrete slab before cutting his way through a steel perimeter fence to freedom.
Prison escaper left cartoon taunt
Escaper Kevin Polwart left a cartoon taunt for police and prison authorities when he cut his way to freedom.
Police try to track escaped inmate through family, friends
Police are now trying to track down escaped prisoner Kevin Polwart through his family and known associates.
Low security for escaper despite record
An inmate who cut his way out of Paremoremo prison was moved there after guards at his previous jail found escape plans in his cell.
Escaped inmate may have left Paremoremo area
Police believe a prisoner who broke out of the high security Auckland Prison at Paremoremo may have now made it out of the area.
Jail-breaker on the run before
Police are still hunting for an escaped prisoner who was years earlier on the run for 41 days, in which time he robbed a security van.
Search continues for missing prisoner
Up to 20 police, some of them armed, are searching the area around Auckland Prison at Paremoremo after an inmate cut his way through a double perimeter fence and escaped today.
Prisoner still on the run, investigation launched
The Corrections Department is investigating how an inmate escaped Auckland Prison by breaking through a perimeter fence in the jail workshop.
Judge sends 'weak and cowardly' parents to prison over baby's death
"It was a weak and cowardly strategy and it failed," the judge said.
Jailed MP appeals bribery conviction
Former Govt minister Taito Phillip Field is appealing against his conviction and sentence for bribery and corruption.
Cell suicide brings call for legal help line
A coroner is calling for a national legal help phone line for prisoners in police custody after a lawyer could not be found for a man who later hanged himself.