With law and order shaping up to once again be a key issue during this year’s general election campaign, the recent call by ...

The Te Pāti Māori political party has announced it wants to abolish prisons in New Zealand. In a Facebook post this week, ...

The record number of prisoners are bouncing between facilities around the country, stretching court resources and ...

A United Nations committee aiming to prevent torture in state institutions has visited a dozen prisons throughout the country over the past two weeks. The visit of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of ...

An inmate has died after being transported to Mt Eden prison on his way back from court. Corrections acting deputy ...

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) urged New Zealand on Thursday to take stronger action to reduce its rising prison population and better support its independent monitoring mechanism ...