Auckland Regional Women's Prison director Cheryl Mikaere and Wellington lawyer, Stacey Shortall talk about The Mothers Project. / Greg Bowker

A project to help mums in prison reconnect with their children is growing steadily.

COMMENT: By the time neglected kids end up in prison it's too late for 'rehab'.

COMMENT: Why put more money into a prison system that is failing?

COMMENT: Prison numbers are up because more gang members are behind bars.

COMMENT: Inmates should be treated like family to rehabilitate.

Your say: Prisoner rehabilitation; farming v cycling; free speech; Queens park re-naming

We need protections for victims and offenders -- because they are largely the same people

Sensible Sentencing Trust is increasingly out of step with the country says Jarrod Gilbert

Prisoners benefit from more positive learning experiences but funding short.

Arohata double bunking "does not meet humane standards for one person, let alone two".

To rehabilitate prisoners to live crime-free, focus their minds on life outside jail.

Some academics argue that prison reform is easy. I don't agree, writes Jarrod Gilbert

Parliament can't do "whatever it likes" against its own people, Supreme Court is told.

Solicitor-General says voting rights are not an issue that should be decided by courts.

The prison makeover included installing new displays and repainting.

Vigils protest prison suicides after teen dies in cell.

Arthur Taylor, 61, is serving 17 and a half years for a raft of charges.

Overcrowding of our prisons could create real danger to the public, says Chief Ombudsman.

NZ is chasing the US in incarceration numbers, but should be looking to the Netherlands.

CCTV footage captured three Ohio inmates smashing a window in an attempt to escape the Lorain/Medina correctional facility. - Lorain/Medina Community Based Correctional Facility

"Tough on crime" policies created a tsunami of prisoners - and a mega prison.

"Tough on crime" is gone - Justice Minister Andrew Little says prison is not the answer.

Will the Government sign off on a 3000-bed, $1bn mega prison - or let some people go?

COMMENT: Barely credible Christchurch creche case deserves to be high on agenda.

Arthur Taylor's fiancee moved from Canada for love.

A researcher says solitary confinement makes people more likely to hurt others.

Pair allegedly found with methamphetamine and $11,000 at Auckland prison.

A total of 295 prisoner on staff assaults took place between January and August last year.

Corrections randomly tested 16,719 inmates. 1179 were found to have drugs in their system.