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About 40% of Hawke’s Bay Hospital still has no air-conditioning.

Officials say about 500 inmates have been killed in Ecuador’s prisons since 2021.

'I take my hat off to the work you guys do' - Mayor Wayne Brown praises Toi developers.

McCann suspect was first convicted of child sex abuse as a teenager, Der Spiegel reports.

The pair were caught in Brighton after a seven-week nationwide police hunt.

The man was found alone in his cell and staff could not revive him, Corrections say.

The Mongrel Mob has 742 members and associates behind bars, the most of any gang.

Kaelmn Waho is a high-risk offender who will be monitored by Corrections until 2029.

OPINION: New Zealand should contract the private sector to accommodate bailed citizens.

Revamp comes after Chief Ombudsman outlined concerns of human rights abuses in jail unit.

Disgraced agent misled officials, concealing nearly $50,000 earned from a catering job.

Lance Lee says he shouldn't have to buy his own batteries, even at a discounted price.

Interior Minister wants tighter rules on gender self-determination after 'abuse' of law.

Prisoners will be released as little as a third of the way through their sentences.

Shortly after fleeing a group of masked men, Edward Sasulu returned with a shotgun.

Mothers Project is stepping up to help mums who have ended up in prison.

Maxwell denied introducing Prince Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein.

'People who fire shots at residential housing should go to prison, bar nothing.'

Sven Liebich will serve 18 months in a women's prison in Chemnitz, Saxony.

The inmate was spotted on the roof of Otago Corrections Facility at 12.45pm yesterday.

Fire services are on site as a precaution because of the roof's height.

The victim has been rushed to Auckland City Hospital. Police will be investigating.

Marius Borg Hoiby is charged with raping four women and several acts of violence.

NZ Herald Morning News Update | Gangs make prison violence harder and ‘Donald Trump played into Putin’s hands’.

A prison riot at Spring Hill led to a lockdown on Saturday.

Prisoners in the high-security unit set blankets alight, but the prison is out of lockdown

'The injustice is glaring,' says a Taradale resident.

The Nursing Council alleged her behaviour amounted to professional misconduct.

Animal carcasses were found in a fridge at Wooroloo Prison Farm.