Department Of Corrections
Self-styled justice reformer's prison visit rights pulled after charging inmate thousands
The Department of Corrections has launched an investigation and suspended the visitor privileges of a self-styled justice reformer, following allegations he charged an inmate's family thousands of… Video, Audio
Majority of prisoners use meth in lead up to jail - Insight
The meth epidemic sweeping New Zealand it not only causing personal heartache, it costing the prison service millions.
Recent research done by the Department of Corrections suggests more than half of… Audio
Prisoners question Corrections about strip search in court
Arthur Taylor and Phillip John Smith have taken the Department of Corrections to the High Court in Auckland, alleging a strip search at Paremoremo of more than 200 prisoners was unlawful. Audio
11 sex offenders live on one South Auckland street
Primary school students in South Auckland have been walking past boarding houses with sex offenders every day for two years but their school and local residents knew nothing about them. Audio
11 child sex offenders on one street, Corrections confirms
The Department of Corrections will talk to a school in South Auckland today about 11 convicted child sex offenders housed nearby. Audio
Cell camera left obscured before inmate's death
Prison staff failed to search an inmate's cell and neglected to clean an in-cell camera which had been obscured for 15 days before he died.
Prisoners sentenced for vicious attack on guards
Three prisoners who violently attacked their guards will spend an extra three and a half years in jail.
Former inmate sues Serco for $500k after prison attack
A former Mt Eden inmate is suing the private prison operator for what he says is gross negligence.
Taewa for Tea
Māori potatoes (taewa) grown at Koukourārata Marae have been selling like hot cakes at farmers' markets around Christchurch – and all profits are going back to the marae. Audio
Taewa for Tea
Māori potatoes (taewa) grown at Koukourārata Marae have been selling like hot cakes at farmers' markets around Christchurch – and all profits are going back to the marae.
AudioCorrections to cover Philip Smith's costs over toupee case
Corrections is to pay more than $3000 to a convicted murderer after a ruling his rights were breached when he was prevented from wearing a toupee.
Prison staff shown on CCTV using 'potentially excessive force'
Three investigations are under way after two inmates required hospital treatment following an attack on a prison staff member. Audio
Push for prisoners' voting rights continues
A career criminal's legal challenge to a ban on prisoner voting has begun in the Court of Appeal.
Corrections "open" to new ways to tackle Maori re-offending
Half the prison population is Maori and the tribunal says Corrections is breaching its Treaty obligations by not doing enough to reduce the alarming statistics. Audio
NZ's first public protection order granted
A convicted paedophile who has completed his sentence will be detained under New Zealand's first ever public protection order.
Prison backs down on posies ban
Mt Eden Prison managers have agreed to allow Quakers to deliver flowers to inmates for Christmas. Audio
Prison flower delivery ban under review
Corrections is hinting it might reverse its sudden ban on the Quakers taking flowers to Mt Eden Prison for Christmas.
Inmate hospitalised after violence at Auckland Prison
An inmate has been taken to hospital following a violent incident at the prison at Paremoremo.
Arrests over protest in Corrections' Hamilton office
Four people who chained themselves together in a Department of Corrections office in Hamilton have been arrested.
Inmate with terminal cancer returned to prison
A convicted fraudster who is dying of cancer has been sent back to prison, as the Department of Corrections says it will review her case. Video
