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Talofa lava, Ni sa bula vinika, Kia Orana, Malo e lelei, Taloha ni, Halo ola keta, Fakaalofa lahi at, Kia ora tatou

I am delighted to be here today to launch the Department of Corrections Pacific Strategy 2005-2008.

Corrections Department and Telcos to join forces in a new working party.

An extra 670 beds will be available by October to enable the Corrections Department to manage record inmate numbers, Corrections Minister Paul Swain said today.

The first of four new prisons – the 350-bed Northland Region Corrections Facility – has been opened

The new Northland corrections facility has good community support, will provide jobs for local people, boost the regional economy. More should be done to head off the causes of crime and to ensure that inmates when released don't return

Ohura Prison is to relocate to Tongariro/Rangipo Prison near Turangi

State Services Commissioner report highlights serious issues

Corrections Minister Paul Swain today launched a project to lower inmate reoffending that will be used a model for a nation-wide rollout of the scheme.

Reintegration Coordinator project Launch
Rimutaka Prison
26 November 2004

Good afternoon. Thank you for coming here today for the launch of an important project designed to improve reintegration of ex-inmates into the community.

Less than 40 inmates in police and court cells

Extra beds proposed at four prisons

Double-bunking agreement means higher than expected prisoner numbers can now be dealt with.

World-leading programme makes a difference

Cabinet approves funding to increase prison capacity

The Corrections Department is managing the unexpectedly large increase in inmate numbers, Corrections Minister Paul Swain says.

Pilot promotes information sharing on child sex offenders

Paul Swain meets local government over community concerns

Mark Byers to leave after nine years in the job

Budget 2004 commits further funding for four urgently needed prisons, Corrections Minister Paul Swain announced today.

Corrections Minister Paul Swain has issued a challenge to help improve the rate of re-offending by former prison inmates

Greetings to you all and especially to:… Area Manager Gill Hood; Service Manager Jane Hurdle; Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy; Orongomai Marae and invited representatives from community groups that assist Upper Hutt Community Probation Service.

For many years successive Governments have grappled with what to do with young people who commit offences. We have all heard the media reports about the number of New Zealand youth who are ‘out of control’.

Twelve hundred years behind bars is a long stretch by even the toughest of standards - yet that's precisely what a group of around 70 men and women have notched up in Auckland, a service the Corrections Minister today recognised at a ceremony in Auckland.

The Corrections Minister Paul Swain has released the report into Iwi Consultation and Other Matters Related to the Spring Hill Corrections Facility.