http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Prisons headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:23 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=290 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10632510&ref=rss National MP Paul Quinn's private members bill which would prevent all prison inmates from voting in general elections is set to reach select committee stage tonight. Prisoners serving a sentence of three years or more are prevented... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10632433&ref=rss A school or the proposed Wiri prison could be the first potential investments for a fund launched to retail investors this week.The New Zealand Social Infrastructure fund is the first chance individuals have had to enter into... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10632375&ref=rss Craigs Investment Partners and Morrison & Co. have launched a $125 million fund to invest in the government's public-private partnership vehicle, Public Infrastructure Partners (PIP).Craigs and Morrison have established the New... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:55:29 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10632168&ref=rss Japanese media have expressed frustration at a NZ activist's anti-whaling protests, with one newspaper accusing him of terrorism and another blaming cultural misunderstanding for the situation.Sea Shepherd activist Peter Bethune,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10632154&ref=rss Prime Minister John Key says the Government can not intervene in Japan's legal processes to help anti-whaling campaigner Peter Bethune.The Australian and New Zealand Green parties have called for their governments to intervene... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10632061&ref=rss As New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune sat confined in Japanese custody yesterday his eldest daughter turned 15, unsure of when she will next see her father.Mr Bethune, 44, is facing up to three years in a Japanese... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10631997&ref=rss A British man who has been on hunger strike in a US prison since September 2007 can legally be force-fed by prison authorities, a court has ruled. William Coleman, who is serving an eight-year sentence for raping his wife, is... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:42:30 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10631896&ref=rss The first person to be jailed for pollution in New Zealand has been sentenced to prison again for the same offence.Bill Conway has been jailed for 6 months after being convicted on 14 charges relating to his South Auckland scrap... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10631503&ref=rss The Government is considering a proposal to limit the sale of knives to young people amid concerns over the number of knife crimes.The option is suggested in a Ministry of Justice review of knife possession, released yesterday,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10631178&ref=rss What if a doctor, confronted with a suppurating sore or a cancerous growth, were to react in shock and anger, slap on a dressing and send the patient on his or her way?Underneath the dressing the sore or the tumour would continue... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10631025&ref=rss The proposed three strikes bill would be grossly unjust and could result in an 11,000 per cent rise in time spent in prisons, an independent organisation on crime says.Rethinking Crime and Punishment director Kim Workman says... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/prisons/news/article.cfm?c_id=290&objectid=10630986&ref=rss Rapper Lil Wayne, his lawyer Stacey Richman by his side, listened to the judge in a Manhattan criminal court sentence him yesterday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.The rapper delivered only a brief bow... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200