"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.

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.

Man wanted to become Black Power member. But first he had to prove himself.

Crime reporters Sam Hurley and Anna Leask look back at some of the year's biggest cases.

Inmates at eight prisons are at last getting their share of current affairs.

Killer's court statement draws ire of groups that battle domestic violence.

OPINION: Prison reform must happen, but it is a long and difficult job.

High profile criminal Dean Wickliffe's new book A Life Behind Bars is now available to buy

A prison officer has been sentenced for smuggling contraband into inmates.

A man who raped South Auckland women in their homes at night will stay behind bars.

A prisoner injured in a gang-related assault at Paremoremo is back behind bars.

North Korean escapees relate how secretive country changed under the 'Great Successor.'

The use of drones to smuggle in contraband has guards on alert at Australian prisons.

An inmate who allegedly stabbed another man is serving time for similar offending.

Two maximum security prisoners were assaulted in gang-related attacks at Paremoremo today.

The man was assaulted in the exercise yard at the Otago Correctional Facility.

Twitter account owner still mocking Zimbabwe President, after saying he wore a catheter.

New Zealand's prison population has increased by 700 this year, says Corrections.

Lawsuit claims inmate was left to die at a Correctional Facility in Kansas.

COMMENT: New Zealand's large new remote prisons are no cure for crime.