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Jailbreaker had up to three hours' headstart

Prison escapee captured after 50 days on the run

Paremoremo inmate caught after 50 days on run

The escaped prisoner Kevin Polwart has pleaded guilty to escaping custody after being caught by police this morning.

Container crate prison cells ready in April

New inmates caught smuggling drugs into jail

Prison inmate still on run

Prisoner runs from workplace

Rapist admits breaching parole

Stabbing shows Corrections staff in danger - union

'Three strikes' law could see prison officers killed - union

Three strikes law stupid, says expert

Three strikes law may see early releases - criminologist

Preventive detention will be retained as a sentencing option for judges under the Government's proposed "three strikes" legislation, Police Minister Judith Collins said today.

Three strikes law will leave offenders with 'nothing to lose'

Offenders with a record will have "nothing to lose" and could be more likely to kill under the three-strikes law, a prisoners' advocate says.

Teenager tells of terrifying nights in Thai prison after drugs arrest

Guantanamo inmates suffocated, says magazine

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.