Prison

Minister Nicole McKee is defending the coalition government’s new ‘three strikes’ law, saying if violent criminals are “locked up in prison”.

The expansion of an Auckland maximum security prison has been confirmed as one of the projects slated for approval under the government's Fast Track Approval bill.

Paremoremo prison expansion will be one of 149 projects under the controversial fast-track bill and criminologist Emmy Rākete says this is a disgrace.

From the prison to the orchard, a unique programme is offering former inmates a way back into society by giving them careers in horticulture.

She was adorned in a korowai ahead of the graduation ceremony, a prestigious honour gifted by Professor Tracey McIntosh and the Departments of Sociology and Criminology.

When Taonui Cooper noticed a woman trying unsuccessfully to pay for coffee at a gas station with a $100 note he decided to follow her home and take it..

Mana Mokopuna conducted an unannounced visit to Korowai Manaaki in Wiri in February due to concerns raised with the commission by members of the public.

Prisoner Correspondence Network Aotearoa held a Matariki card drive event today at the University of Auckland.

“You can’t rehabilitate people while you’re ripping them away from their families and imprisoning people.," anti-prison group says.

“I was able to turn the worst thing that ever happened to me, into the best thing,” he says.