Prisons
Inmates found being filmed while using toilets
The Ombudsman has unearthed evidence of some prisoners being filmed while strip-searched or using the toilet.
'Just being a part of something, I’m rapt'
Sam Judd from Sustainable Coastlines has got inmates at Auckland Prison involved in building an education centre, which they hope will be the country's most sustainable building. Video, Audio, Gallery
Arrests over protest in Corrections' Hamilton office
Four people who chained themselves together in a Department of Corrections office in Hamilton have been arrested.
Is a 40-hour week the answer to prisoner rehabilitation?
Teresa Cowie heads inside two of New Zealand's prisons to find out more about rehabilitation programmes and whether they are working. Video, Audio
Prisoners say work release crack down affecting their parole
Some inmates are still being hit by restrictions imposed after prisoner Phillip John Smith went on the run to South America two years ago. Prisoners say the work release crack down affecting their… Audio
Dying prisoner given permission to go home
Terminally-ill prisoner Vicki Letele has left Wiri Prison to return home and be cared for by her family. Video
Prison fight clubs: 'It was basically a jungle'
Prisoners were being forced to take part in fight clubs by the notorious Killer Beez street gang at Mt Eden prison as early as 2009, and were bashed if they refused.
Corrections sat on fight clubs investigation
Corrections sat on a finding that there were fight clubs at Mt Eden prison for a year, partly because the National Commissioner's doubted he could make Serco do anything about it, a report shows.
Two active gang members among 7000 prison volunteers
A review after concerns were raised in Whanganui has found only two out of 7000 prison volunteers are active gang members.
Corrections was warned two years ago about fight clubs
Newly released information shows officials were warned in 2014 about the possibility of fight clubs in two state-run prisons. Audio
Terminally-ill prisoner back in hospital ahead of treatment
A terminally-ill prisoner is in a terrible psychological place and needs to be in an environment that cares for her, her family says. Audio
Corrections warned in 2014 about fightclubs
It's been revealed that the Corrections Department was warned back in 2014 that fightclubs were probably being run in its Rimutaka and Ngawha prisons. Audio
Dying prisoner was 'calling, no one coming'
Corrections says it can provide appropriate care for a terminally-ill prisoner, despite her family saying it took more than three hours to get her pain relief. Audio
Prisoners charged after group attack on guards
Four inmates at Auckland Prison in Paremoremo have been charged after an attack on six guards.
Corrections releases prisoner suicide numbers
The number of prisoners who have committed suicide while in custody has more than doubled compared to last year.
Dying prisoner denied compassionate release
A convicted fraudster with terminal stomach cancer is being sent back to prison, despite her entire medical team insisting she is too sick to return. Audio
Ex-prisoner seeks $60,000 over late release
A former inmate is seeking $60,000 in compensation from Corrections for miscalculating his release date.
Inmates at Serco prison want to be transferred - Labour MP
The only Serco run prison left in NZ has been told it needs to improve, while an 'operational situation' has seen some prisoners put in lockdown, sources say. Kelvin Davis joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Prison guard union doubt billion dollars will be enough
The prison guard union, the Corrections Association, doubts the billion dollars of extra spending on prisons will be enough and doesn't trust the official forecasts on inmate numbers. Audio
Jarrod Gilbert on why the govt is spending up large on prisons
Most new prison beds will be at a new 1500 bed facility at the existing Waikeria Prison in Waikato. Dr Jarrod Gilbert joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
