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

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

COMMENT: Help is needed from NZ First to change bail and parole law.

Science advisers urge a new 'data over dogma' approach to justice.

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.

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.

Prison crowding adds pressure to love clash among female prisoners.

New Zealand's prison rates are approaching the levels of the United States.

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

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.

Tauranga man jailed for raft of firearm charges.

Prisoners were filmed openly taking drugs in a packed prison corridor.

Arthur Taylor was behind the successful prosecution of secret 'Witness C' last year.

There are some 71 foreign prisoners still awaiting trial or further court hearings.

The country's prisoners will enjoy a simple but hearty Christmas lunch.