Prison

For over seven years a dedicated group of volunteers have been passing on their quilting and life skills to prisoners at Auckland Region Women's Correctional Facility. The group is led by Mary Ann… Audio, Gallery

David Goldblatt has just got back from Uganda where he visited Luzira Upper Prison, home to an elaborate prison football league credited with transforming life there. Audio

Should people convicted of serious crimes be free to talk to the media? Scott Watson won that right in court this week but journalists and lawyers fear others are gagged. Audio

The United Nations' Committee against Torture has criticised New Zealand for the over-representation of Maori in prisons. Audio

Corrections' decision to shut units at older prisons means hundreds of inmates will be transferred to the new privately-run Auckland South Corrections Facility. Audio

Dr Tracey McIntosh is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland. She has been looking at the experience of young Maori girls and women in prison and says greater investment in… Audio

One of the unions representing corrections officers, the Public Service Association, is calling the partial closure of regional prisons privatisation by stealth. Audio

The prominent lawyer, Nigel Hampton QC, is questioning whether a private prison set to open in South Auckland will actually help rehabilitate inmates. Audio

The prison officers union says the 260 staff whose jobs are under threat are paying the price for the Government's decision to sink millions of dollars into private prisons. Audio

A prisoner is a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by other inmates in Hawke's Bay Prison. Audio

The challenges to plan for those who are released from Australian/New Zealand prisons in order to re-establish them safely back into society. With A. Prof. Stuart Kinner from the Melbourne School of… Audio

With Mana Magazine's Aaron Smale. Audio

In 1993 the doors closed for the final time on Napier Prison, New Zealand's oldest penal complex, ending over a century of incarceration for inmates which included Te Kooti and Mr Asia drug syndicate… Audio

Sonia Sly meets members of The Redeemed Motorcycle Ministry, including founding member Amos Perese Ale, female rider Ni Te Pou, and Rotorua-based William Rudolf whose contrasting perspectives and… Audio

Parliament has passed laws to keep dangerous criminals locked up for longer and to better protect New Zealanders from released sexual and violent offenders, who are at high risk of re-offending. Audio

The police officer leading an investigation into the death of an inmate at an Otago prison, says the initial inquiry into his death was simply not good enough. Audio

Prison reform advocates say the recommendations from a review into the escape of the convicted murderer, Phillip John Smith, are a massive overreaction, with one expert saying they amount to moral… Audio