The New Zealand Prison Service Medal is a meritorious and long service award for custodial and supervisory employees of the Department of Corrections who have completed 14 years of service.
The eponymous secondary legislation states that New Zealand Prison Service Medal may be awarded to any full-time member of the New Zealand Prison Service who has completed a total of 14 years' continuous service, in a custodial or supervisory capacity, and whose character and conduct is, in the opinion of the Secretary for Justice, of such good standard to warrant the medal.
The medal is silver and circular in shape. On the obverse is a crowned effigy of the Sovereign. The reverse bears a St Edward's Crown, surrounded by the inscription "New Zealand Prison ServiceâÂÂFor Long Service and Good ConductâÂÂ. The medal hangs from a 32-millimetre ribbon of crimson, with narrow stripes of green, blue and green in the centre.