Prison
Growing arts in Northland's men's prison
Beth Hill is the programme leader for arts, self-directed learning, and living skills at Northland Regional Corrections Facility. Earlier in August she was awarded the Arts Access Maui Tikitiki a… Audio
Actor Kate Mulgrew, OITNB, Star Trek & beyond
Kate Mulgrew on how Orange is the New Black's character Red 'just leapt out', being where no woman had gone before, playing the first female Star Trek skipper: Voyager 's Captain Janeway, and the… Audio, Gallery
Riverside: a community of pastoral peacekeepers
The Riverside Community near Nelson is the oldest intentional community in New Zealand. Most of its members work on the property and share their earnings and expenses. Audio, Gallery
No mega-prison under Labour
The Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has no intention of turning Waikato's Waikeria Prison into a mega-prison of 2500 beds. So how do we deal with a burgeoning prison population, while admitting that… Audio
Insight: Imprisoned by meth
Insight's reporter Teresa Cowie heads inside prison to find out more about the impact of New Zealand's meth epidemic. Video, Audio
Andrew Leigh: 'More African-Americans are under criminal supervision now than there were slaves in 1850'
Australia's shadow assistant treasurer Dr Andrew Leigh is a proponent of evidence-based policy through the use of random trials. His book, Randomistas, reveals why data should be the basis for… Audio
Free legal information through digital innovation
A team of Wellington developers has created a free resource for people who can't afford a lawyer but need to seek legal aid, through the use of artificial intelligence. The project will make… Audio
Prison smoking ban fails
An University of Otago study into a prison smoking ban has found that half of prisoners continue to smoke in jail. While even more actually take up smoking while they're inside. Audio
Angella Dravid - no holds barred
Absurd, unpredictable and downright funny. Auckland-based comedian Angella Dravid talks to Kathryn Ryan about what makes her laugh and how she turned a spell in a British prison into award-winning… Audio
2018 Waitangi Rua Rautau Lecture by Dr Kim Workman
Dr Kim Workman explores the historical background to why Maori imprisonment rates are high and still rising, and considers what the alternatives to our current approaches are. Audio
UN urges NZ Govt to compensate a prisoner for being unlawfully held
The United Nations Committee Against Torture is for the first time calling on the New Zealand Government to compensate a prisoner for being unlawfully held. OUr reporter Craig McCulloch explains the… Audio
Prison violence levels 'alarming' - Ombudsman
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says unannounced prison visits have revealed alarming levels of violence. He has just published a scathing report into one of the country's biggest prisons - Christchurch… Audio
"Lifting yourself up by the bootstraps is great – if you have boots"
Russell Brown talks about confronting entitlement with the former MP Georgina Beyer, academic Richard Pamatatau, activist Julia Amua Whaipooti and artist Tāwhanga Nopera. Audio
Second preventative detention sentence for prison rapist
William Katipa, who raped three of his cellmates, was described as unremorseful and dangerous by Justice Downs at the High Court in Auckland today. Edward Gay reports. Audio
Prisoner claims job loss after seeing guards' misbehaviour
A lawyer is calling for an independent investigation into whether a child murderer was unfairly punished by staff at Rimutaka Prison in Upper Hutt. Convicted child murderer Hayden Wallace lost his… Audio
Prison group campaigns against solitary confinement
Solitary confinement in prisons is degrading and dehumanising and it's time the practice was banned, a protest group says.
Artworks for a home
An art exhibition with a difference opens in Whangarei on October 2. Many of the works have been created by prisoners from the Northland Regional Correction Facility, and the rest by local Whangarei… Audio, Gallery
Book critic Catherine Roberston
Catherine Roberston talks about the 3rd addition of Mimicry - a journal of comedy, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, music, art and design by young NZ creatives. And she also looks ahead to her new role… Audio
Ex-inmate seeks compo over extra prison time
A prisoner who spent a month longer in jail than he should have been has gone to the High Court seeking compensation from the Corrections Department.
Crime wave boosts CNMI prison numbers
There's been an explosion in the number of people behind bars in the Northern Marianas and the authorities want more staff to deal with it. Audio