Prisons
Correcting Corrections: Collins urges reports' release
Corrections need to take responsibility for failures in monitoring at privately run prisons, its minister says.
Call to dump Serco, ban Mt Eden prison privatisation
Opposition parties have called for the government to cut all ties with private prison operator Serco, after a report into fight clubs at Mt Eden prison.
Serco sacked dozens of staff while running prisons
Serco sacked 28 staff while running Mt Eden Prison, the company says - following the release of new details about fight clubs and contraband. Audio
Discharge without conviction numbers slump
The number of people being discharged without conviction has almost halved since 2010, new figures show.
Ex-inmates seek legal advice over sentence compo
At least a dozen former prisoners in Wellington alone are seeking legal advice following a ruling on release date calculation.
Cabinet still considering sentence length ruling - PM
Cabinet is weighing up its options following a ruling that Corrections has wrongly calculated some inmates' release dates, the Prime Minister says.
Corrections can't fight compo claims - lawyer
Corrections has little chance of defending inmates' claims for compensation for unlawful imprisonment, a leading human rights lawyer says.
Prison time error could see pay-out for victims
Victims could be in for a windfall if prisoners successfully challenge claims of unlawful imprisonment, a human rights lawyer says.
Thousands of prisoners potentially affected by ruling - Collins
Thousands of prisoners' jail time could have been wrongly calculated, the Minister of Corrections says, after an earlier estimate of 500 serving prisoners. Video
Prison release date bungle
Should prisoners whose sentences were mucked up by Corrections get compensation? Audio
Corrections wrongly calculated release dates, court rules
Thousands of prisoners might have been in jail longer than they should have been and could be owed millions in compensation.
Paul Wood - From Prison to PhD
How do you turn your life around? We ask Dr Paul Wood, who at 18 was in prison for killing his drug dealer. Today he has a PhD and works to help people transform their lives. Audio
ACC refuses to release Serco investment information
Accident Compensation Corporation is refusing to release information detailing the risks of its joint venture with Serco to build and run Wiri prison.
Court overturns Scott Watson media access decision
The High Court has overturned a decision blocking media access to a meeting between Scott Watson and the father of one of his victims.
US to ditch private prisons
Privately-run prisons are not as safe or effective as government-run facilities and will be phased out, the United States says.
Court documents reveal weekly fight clubs in full view of CCTV
Fight clubs were organised at Mt Eden prison as often as weekly, court documents have revealed. Audio
Justice advocates unhappy with Parole Board slip-up
Prison reform supporters are frustrated that human error is being blamed for a prisoner's private information being sent to the wrong victim.
Māori reoffending too complex to blame on Corrections, Crown says
The Department of Corrections is disputing a claim before the Waitangi Tribunal that it is failing to rehabilitate Māori offenders.
Iwi are picking up slack for Corrections - Ngāti Kahungunu
Members of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi have been highly critical of the Department of Corrections' approach to the rehabilitation of Māori inmates.
Serco inmate: 'My feet were stinging with the pain'
Prison operator Serco has been slammed for its treatment of an inmate with cancer, whose cellmate had to scrub his gangrenous toes with toilet paper.