Voluntary smokefree units at Otago Corrections Facility (OCF) and nicotine replacements are helping prisoners break the habit before a smokefree ban is introduced later this year.
The company which runs drug and alcohol programmes at the Otago Corrections Facility has been criticised for failing "dismally" to meet the provisions of the Employment Relations Act in its decision to fire a counsellor.
A 30-year-old male inmate has died suddenly at the Otago Corrections Facility at Milburn, South Otago, has died.
Irrepressible Bulls GP Dr Dave Baldwin likes being behind bars, and not just because it gives him a captive audience.
The death of a prison inmate at the Otago Corrections Facility on Saturday morning has sparked a coronial inquiry.
The Corrections Department says it has no idea how long 87 prisoners from Christchurch will stay at the Otago Corrections Facility.
The massive eucalyptus tree at the gate gives the impression of being the sole guard as you enter the Otago Corrections Milton prison dairy farm.
A specialist drug treatment unit at Otago Corrections Facility - the first in the country to offer short treatment programmes - would help break the cycle of crime and reduce the high prison population, Corrections Minister Judith Collins said yesterday.
Organic gardening, constructing septic tanks, refurbishing photocopiers and printing business cards are just some of the business enterprises operated out of New Zealand prisons.
Drugs, alcohol and knives were among prohibited items found by Corrections Department staff during a routine search of visitors to the Otago Corrections Facility last week.
