New ZealandCell suicide brings call for legal help lineA 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.13 Dec 03:00 PM
New ZealandPrisoner tells court inmate dragged from cell 'black as' A prison inmate has described seeing a fellow inmate being dragged from a cell on the day of his death.10 Dec 01:00 AM
New ZealandFresh look at Scott Watson caseA believer in Scott Watson's innocence plans to reinterview key witnesses in the case of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.28 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandPrivate prisons bill passedPrivately run prisons are on the Government's agenda after Parliament today passed a bill allowing them to be handed over.25 Nov 09:12 PM
New ZealandJudge gets tough on violenceA senior judge has vowed to crack down on a violent crime wave, which he says is sometimes "little more than sheer sadism".20 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandGraeme Burton guilty of attempted murderA jury finds double-killer Graeme Burton guilty of attempting to murder a fellow prison inmate.12 Nov 03:12 AM
New ZealandPrison visitor arrested after drugs and cash found in carA visitor to a women's prison has been arrested after staff found more than $20,000 and drugs worth $10,000 in his car.10 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandBurton used steel rod to stab inmate's heart, court toldGraeme Burton used a sharpened stainless steel rod to stab a prison inmate three times in the heart, the High Court hears.08 Nov 11:14 PM
