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An ex-prisoner has been awarded over $30,000 in legal costs after his release date was miscalculated.

An investigation by Corrections into "fight clubs" at Mt Eden prison found evidence that similar fighting rings were being run at other prisons.

The family of Vicki Letele has been pleading for the fraudster to be let out of jail early so she can be with her family.

Corrections has agreed to take another look at whether a woman who is dying in prison should be released early.

Four inmates from New Zealand's toughest prison have been charged after a brutal attack on six prison guards last month.

A prisoner suffered pain for months after an infection and was denied medication and given food so hard he couldn't eat it with his swollen mouth.

One of New Zealand's most high-profile criminals is heading back to the Parole Board next week in a bid to get an early release from prison.

New figures show that almost 250 offenders removed their electronically monitored trackers during the 2015/16 year.

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: Crime does not pay, as the old adage goes. That may or may not be true, but what is absolutely without question is that crime costs.

The Herald has learned that six guards were injured in an attack at New Zealand's toughest prison, with three suffering stab wounds to their heads.

Assaults on prison guards by inmates have increased by more than 100 in the last year.

A prison guard hospitalised after an attack at Paremoremo has been discharged.

Three members of staff at the Paremoremo Prison required medical treatment after being assaulted by a group of prisoners.

Corrections Minister Judith Collins said prison population growth required a further 1800 places.

COMMENT: Making unlawful detention subsequently lawful only deepens the outrage.

A human rights lawyer says the case for compensation is strong for those held in jail too long as a result of Corrections misinterpreting the law.

Prisoners could walk free today and Corrections Minister Judith Collins will be briefed on the fall-out from the miscalculation of parole and release dates.

Maori are twice as likely to go to jail than Pakeha when convicted of assault.

The changes aim to identify women at risk of family violence early in their prison sentences so appropriate support can be organised.

One of the country's most brutal killers has been moved into a high risk unit following an incident at prison involving an "improvised weapon".

Corrections is defending its decision to place two high-risk sex offenders in a Hamilton boarding house where young kids were living.

Family with two girls told to play on other side of their house after paedophile was moved in next door, Labour MP says.

An investigation into allegations of 'fight clubs' at Mt Eden Corrections Facility was fair and the resulting report without error, a High Court judge has found.

COMMENT: The Corrections Department should spend time and effort in recruiting more persons such as Ngapari Nui to be kaiwhakamana in the prisons.

Security reinforcements were put on stand-by and Mount Eden prison locked-down after disorder involving a group of up to 50 prisoners.

Inmates at an Auckland prison were put in lockdown for 48 hours after obstructing corrections officers and disobeying orders.

Criticism mounts after Corrections placed one of New Zealand's worst sex offenders just metres from a school and failed to inform them.

A "high-risk" sex offender has been placed just metres from a large Auckland school by Corrections.