Prison

Dr Tracey McIntosh is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland. She has been looking at the experience of young Maori girls and women in prison and says greater investment in… Audio

One of the unions representing corrections officers, the Public Service Association, is calling the partial closure of regional prisons privatisation by stealth. Audio

The prominent lawyer, Nigel Hampton QC, is questioning whether a private prison set to open in South Auckland will actually help rehabilitate inmates. Audio

The prison officers union says the 260 staff whose jobs are under threat are paying the price for the Government's decision to sink millions of dollars into private prisons. Audio

A prisoner is a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by other inmates in Hawke's Bay Prison. Audio

The challenges to plan for those who are released from Australian/New Zealand prisons in order to re-establish them safely back into society. With A. Prof. Stuart Kinner from the Melbourne School of… Audio

With Mana Magazine's Aaron Smale. Audio

In 1993 the doors closed for the final time on Napier Prison, New Zealand's oldest penal complex, ending over a century of incarceration for inmates which included Te Kooti and Mr Asia drug syndicate… Audio

Sonia Sly meets members of The Redeemed Motorcycle Ministry, including founding member Amos Perese Ale, female rider Ni Te Pou, and Rotorua-based William Rudolf whose contrasting perspectives and… Audio

Parliament has passed laws to keep dangerous criminals locked up for longer and to better protect New Zealanders from released sexual and violent offenders, who are at high risk of re-offending. Audio

The police officer leading an investigation into the death of an inmate at an Otago prison, says the initial inquiry into his death was simply not good enough. Audio

Prison reform advocates say the recommendations from a review into the escape of the convicted murderer, Phillip John Smith, are a massive overreaction, with one expert saying they amount to moral… Audio

Prison reform advocates say the recommendations that've come from a review into the escape of inmate Phillip John Smith are a complete overraction. Audio

The department of Corrections is being urged to end its ban on temporary leave, after suspending it two weeks ago when convicted murderer and child abuser Philip John Smith managed to leave the… Audio

A former partner of a prisoner who died from a suspected drug overdose has given evidence he was trying to smuggle in a bottle of pills for gang associates. Audio

The privately-run Mt Eden Prison has had the highest number of prisoner assaults, of any prison, for the last three years. Audio

A Māori activist and former inmate, Tame Iti, says prisoners are more likely to have their underpants stolen than their greenstone necklaces, and taking away their right to wear taonga is punishing… Audio

Ron Nikkel is President Emeritus of Prison Fellowship International, the world's largest and most extensive criminal justice ministry with 128 affiliates around the world, overseeing 50,000… Audio

British writer, academic and former youth justice worker and probation officer Michael Crowley talks about the power of creative writing in rehabilitating prisoners. For the past 15 years, Michael has… Audio

New Zealand has one of the highest imprisonment rates in the developed world and more than half of those released from our prisons find themselves back behind bars within five years. Ideas takes a… Audio