Prisons
Pouch of tobacco $300 in prison
Prisoner protest leads to lockdown
A power outage which cut television and heating for some prisoners sparked a seven-hour protest and resulted in the Otago Corrections Facility being locked down on Saturday.
'Houdini' recaptured
A man known as Houdini for his numerous disappearing acts, including a 2008 escape from Mt Eden Prison, has been recaptured after more than four months on the run.
Cheap, easy and better than jail school
We could end prison overcrowding inside 30 days if we overcame our humanist prejudices and applied some moral clarity.
Fewer prison positive drug tests
Prisons: 'moral and fiscal failure'?
It takes political courage to contradict the prevailing nostrums of the day, and National's deputy prime minister and Finance Minister, Bill English, is to be commended for doing just this.
Diamond ready for Milburn posting
Second smokefree unit for prisoners
Voluntary smokefree units at Otago Corrections Facility (OCF) and nicotine replacements are helping prisoners break the habit before a smokefree ban is introduced later this year.
Ill health may have led to inmate's death
Police have named the prisoner found dead at Waikeria Prison in Waikato and say ill health may have contributed to his death.