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Corrections Minister Phil Goff today introduced a Corrections Amendment Bill which he says will further assist prisons’ crackdown on drug use, and eliminate illicit use of cellphones in prison.

I welcome the opportunity to be here today as my first official engagement as Minister of Corrections. The opening of this 1.8 km walkway is a positive occasion.

The first group of prisoners have graduated from Hawkes Bay Prison’s new drug treatment unit, Corrections Minister Phil Goff said.

Corrections is a tough portfolio and has been problematic for successive governments over time, Corrections Minister Phil Goff said today.

Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor today welcomed a new proposal to enhance the role of the Office of the Ombudsmen in relation to the oversight of prison complaints and systemic issues.

Once again the National Party’s Simon Power is misleading the public with his deliberate misinterpretation of details given in the House, said Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor.

Drug Treatment Units in prisons are the best chance some prisoners will have to turn their lives around, Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said today.

The Department of Corrections is well prepared for new community sentences which come into effect today, said Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor.

Spring Hill Corrections Facility will add 650 beds to the country's prison capacity, Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor says.

Powerful new tool in the fight against crime

Prisoners will gain valuable skills in the rapidly expanding industry of organics

Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor has visited Waikeria Prison near Hamilton to observe progress at the first of three new rehabilitation programme facilities for high-risk offenders.

Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said today he is encouraged by the progress the Corrections Department is making against criminal behaviour inside prisons.

National Party MP Simon Power should come clean about the costs of his party's prison plans, Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said today.

National Party MP Simon Power is getting desperate in his criticisms of the Corrections Department's prison build projects, Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor says.

New community sentences being introduced as part of the Criminal Justice Reform Bill will allow people convicted of lower level offences to more productively repay their debts to society

Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor is to meet a crew planting out new forest at Tongariro/Rangipo Prison near Turangi today

National MP Simon Power's increasingly lame attempts to gain headlines reveals his complete insincerity, Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor says.

National MP Simon Power's allegations that the Corrections Department misled the Ombudsman have been rubbished by an independent investigation, Corrections minister Damien O'Connor said today.

Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said today the Government is to introduce waist restraints for prisoners during transport.

Reducing drug and alcohol-related crime is the aim of a new initiative in police stations, courts and prisons, Health Minister Pete Hodgson and Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor announced today.

Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor said today the Government is to push for a law change to combat the smuggling of contraband into prisons.

Two new prisoner health facilities at Hawkes Bay Prison, including a new drug and alcohol treatment unit, have been officially opened by Minister of Corrections Damien O’Connor.

Speech notes for address to open Drug Treatment & Health Units at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison, South of Hastings