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Son of Norway’s crown princess denies drugging anyone
Police say images and videos show Hoiby raping women who could not resist.
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Prison homicide: Man accused of killing elderly cellmate is named
The family of Johnathan Trubuhovich, 69, had hoped he'd be home by Christmas.
Labour says it will 'never' support Te Pāti Māori prison abolition policy
Labour says it does not agree with the party's stance.
'Not the smartest guy': How troubled inmate's five-year sentence became 17 years
Neither fellow inmates nor Corrections staff have been safe in Sean Browne's presence.
Far North meth rehab 'in the trenches' as demand outstrips funding
Northland has the country’s highest meth use per person in wastewater tests.
Gang members kill eight police in Guatemala after prison crackdown
Police say 28 hostages remain at Fraijanes II and nine at Preventivo.
Corrections to trial ‘hospital hub’, current hospital escorts ‘no longer fit-for-purpose’
Chief executive says a pilot of the scheme will be held at an Auckland hospital.
Syrians flee Kurdish-controlled area near Aleppo
Residents fled Deir Hafer after the army set a 5pm deadline to leave.
'Socially isolated': Life parolee died just months after spending 30 years behind bars
Lee Kohiti took his life soon after expressing a desire to return to jail.
Young mother seeks five relatives held in Venezuelan jail
Lorealbert Gutierrez was arrested with six family members. Five have remained in jail.
Nick Reiner’s lawyer withdraws, plea postponed in parents’ murder case
The 32-year-old is accused of fatally stabbing Rob and Michele Singer Reiner.
Jailed rapist 'swallowed razor blade' when told he had to change prison units
Kane Dawson was then charged after he refused to hand over the blade.
The ‘hell on earth’ prison that will hold Maduro
Deposed Venezuelan leader will reside in ‘one of most troubled’ federal facilities in US.
Audrey Young: Outspoken MP Tamatha Paul says she doesn't mean to be provocative
The MP is the youngest of 7, was school Dux, and first in her family to go to university.
Police hand sex offender prison death to Coroner 400 days after body found in cell
Kingi Hemi was serving six years in Ngawha Prison for attacks on children.
An infamous Australian prison held the unexpected - a record collection
New York Times: Twenty-six years after the site’s sale, a local shop has landed its vinyl.
The Front Page: From cartels to Facebook drugs – why NZ is losing the fight on gangs and meth
Advisers want a dedicated 'Minister of Mafias' to lead the gang crackdown.
Former Deputy Police Commissioner McSkimming gets home detention for child sex abuse images
Victim advocate Louise Nicholas says she's "really disappointed" with the sentencing of disgraced high-ranking police officer Jevon McSkimming.
Inmate charged with manslaughter over elderly prisoner’s death
The 28-year-old man is due to appear in the Auckland District Court today.
Inmate who shot stranger in the head has jail time extended after cocaine smuggled inside
Russell Toleafoa tried to smuggle cocaine and other drugs into Pāremoremo prison.
Prison intercepts drone delivery of crab boil supplies
Staff said the delivery suggested inmates were planning a holiday steak and crab feast.
Property Insider: How much did retailers Anne and David Norman pay for ex-Beca House?
The last 2025 column, reporting on the billionaire Normans and a big building deal.
'I want to get out now': Violent offender's prison term to stretch beyond 20 years
Hoki Matete was the first woman to be given preventive detention for serious violence.
Wanted inmate caught after ordering Ubers during three-day escape bid
Rockdale County had offered a $5000 reward, calling the escaper 'armed and dangerous'.
Rare sentence for serial sex offender who terrorised French backpacker and jogger
Johnathan Tamihana, 33, has spent only two of the past 14 years out of prison.
Prosecutors drop murder case against man jailed for decades
New York Times: James Pugh, 63, was convicted in 1994 of the murder of Deborah Meindl.
David Seymour supports grieving mum’s petition for tougher prison sentences
Sonya Oakes is grieving her twin son Eru (29) who was shot in his home last month
New high security units to add 316 beds at Hawke’s Bay prison
Corrections is self-funding the build within its existing departmental budget.
France catches one of two escapees in bed-sheet prison break
The escape exposed the Dijon prison’s severe overcrowding, with 311 inmates in 180 places.
Inmate bashed prison officer after being told his mum had been killed
Pomare Wilson was then granted leave to attend her tangi but went on the run instead.