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Training begins for prison Workplace Champions
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 11:45 am | Department Of Corrections
Workplace Champion training commenced this week for prison site staff as part of the staff support package for the lead up to the smoking ban in prisons in July next year. More >>
Depiction of prison life ‘outrageous’
Friday, 22 October 2010, 12:36 pm | Department Of Corrections
While West family matriarch Sheryl, from popular TV show Outrageous Fortune, spends her time in prison making friends by sharing home baking laced with cannabis, calling home from a mobile phone in her cell, and organising lingerie shows in the visits ... More >>
Corrections has designs on new uniform
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 11:55 am | Department Of Corrections
“A comprehensive review of the uniform worn by Corrections’ custodial staff is well underway with the Department working to finalise a design for a new uniform,” Assistant General Manager Prison Services Brendan Anstiss says. More >>
Men arrested at prison with drugs, gun
Friday, 24 September 2010, 11:09 am | Department Of Corrections
Two men visiting Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility were arrested yesterday, just hours apart, after prison staff discovered drugs and utensils in their vehicles, and a firearm in one of the men’s cars. More >>
Prisoner training surpassing expectations
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 10:30 am | Department Of Corrections
Corrections Inmate Employment Instructors around the country have helped prisoners gain almost twice the anticipated number of NZQA credits over the past two months. More >>
Women arrested in prison carpark with drugs
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 10:57 am | Department Of Corrections
The arrest of two women attempting to pick up a friend they thought was being released from Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility yesterday highlights the vigilance undertaken in keeping drugs out of prison. More >>
Close shave for prison staff
Friday, 27 August 2010, 12:03 pm | Department Of Corrections
A group of staff in the Health Centre at Spring Hill Corrections Facility in Te Kauwhata have banded together to support a colleague facing her fight against cancer, with three nurses and three Corrections Officers shaving their heads to raise awareness ... More >>
Prisoners helping babies
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 4:27 pm | Department Of Corrections
Practical support from prisoners at Auckland Regional Women’s Corrections Facility is helping families with newborn babies in the Counties Manukau region. More >>
Strong interest in prison management contract
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 10:28 am | Department Of Corrections
Three proposals have been received from experienced international prison companies competing to contract manage the Mt Eden/ Auckland Central Remand Prison says Corrections Deputy Chief Executive Sandi Beatie. More >>
Dogs, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll
Friday, 20 August 2010, 1:33 pm | Department Of Corrections
Corrections’ Operational Intelligence and a drug dog handler have worked together to disrupt prisoners’ attempts to introduce drugs via stereos. More >>
Elaborate ruse to escape foiled by staff
Friday, 20 August 2010, 12:29 pm | Department Of Corrections
Quick action from a staff member at Auckland Central Remand Prison earlier this week foiled a prisoner’s plan to escape from custody. More >>
Prisoners penning poetry
Thursday, 29 July 2010, 5:12 pm | Department Of Corrections
Sonnets and haiku are not something you’d expect to come across inside prisons, but prisoners from Christchurch Men’s, Christchurch Women’s and Rolleston Prisons will be aware of National Poetry Day tomorrow. More >>
Award fitting send off for prison art tutor
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 1:59 pm | Department Of Corrections
A highly valued award presented at Parliament’s Grand Hall last night was a fitting send off for a woman credited with changing the attitudes of prisoners through art. More >>
Piggery Instructor Takes Out Top Industry Prize
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 4:52 pm | Department Of Corrections
The Corrections Inmate Employment (CIE) run piggery at Christchurch Men’s Prison has added another string to its bow with herd instructor Graham Murphy scooping the Pork Industry Board’s Herd Manager of the Year award. More >>
Pasifika history and culture: Rehabilitation
Friday, 2 July 2010, 12:07 pm | Department Of Corrections
“The theme of the programme was ‘ A Polynesian Journey in Samoa ’. The programme helps the men to reflect on their cultural backgrounds, whether they are from Samoa, Tonga, Niue or the Cook Islands, and how they can amalgamate their island identities ... More >>
Pasifika history and culture in rehabilitation
Friday, 2 July 2010, 9:12 am | Department Of Corrections
Sixteen prisoners graduated this week from the prison-based Malaga Polynesia programme run at Spring Hill Corrections Facility in Waikato. More >>
Prisoner Smoking ban set for 1 July 2011
Monday, 28 June 2010, 4:20 pm | Department Of Corrections
Corrections today says that a total smoking ban will be implemented for all prisoners from Friday 1 July 2011. More >>
Guaranteed negative drug tests for prisoners
Monday, 28 June 2010, 1:16 pm | Department Of Corrections
While it might not be every New Zealander’s dream career, Corrections drug testers carry out an essential role in prisons. More >>
Drug temptation a family affair
Friday, 25 June 2010, 11:14 am | Department Of Corrections
An ironic twist to the tale of a man arrested outside Auckland Central Remand Prison yesterday has highlighted the lack of support faced by some prisoners when they return to their homes from jail. More >>
Woman’s arrest for drugs should be deterrent
Friday, 4 June 2010, 4:38 pm | Department Of Corrections
A significant find of cannabis in the vehicle of a visitor to Auckland Central Remand Prison (ACRP) this week should act as a deterrent to other says Prison Manager Grace Smit. More >>
