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An asthmatic woman who was bombed with pepper spray in her Auckland prison cell is going to court to stop Corrections using the gas, which is marketed as 'making grown men cry since 1975'.

Corrections has been breaking the law by gassing prisoners in their cells with a potent pepper spray called the Cell Buster, a High Court judge has ruled.

By Guyon Espiner of RNZ
Corrections has been breaking the law by gassing prisoners in their cells with a potent pepper spray called the Cell Buster, a High

16 men died in New York City jails last year. Who were they?

The stories of those who died in custody offer an intimate, firsthand look at the crisis gripping the New York City jail system.

An expert on America's 'supermax' jails says the way women are treated in New Zealand prisons is "extremely troubling".

Te Pāti Māori has called for an urgent ministerial inquiry into the treatment of inmates, following a judge's ruling that prisoners at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in an "inhumane" and "degrading" manner.

Te Pāti Māori has called for an urgent ministerial inquiry into the treatment of inmates, following a judge's ruling that prisoners at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in an "inhumane" and "degrading" manner.

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis is not taking a judge's ruling that inmates at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in a "degrading" and "inhumane" way at face value, and wants more information.