A man in jail for an art gallery burglary has been active on Facebook - posting photos of prison tattoos and messaging friends and family about roast chicken dinners.

COMMENT: Bill English has quietly championed a prison reform approach that should appeal to fiscal conservatives and social liberals alike.

The rapidly-growing prison population has forced the Corrections Department to consider reopening prison units which were closed just a year ago.

A prisoner was restrained for 21 hours a day after forensic mental health team would not treat him, a campaigner says.

The man tasked with running New Zealand's toughest prison has today been replaced. Tom Sherlock has been the director of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo since 2012.

The auction by infamous Auckland Prison inmate Arthur Taylor of a shirt he has worn in court has been pulled by TradeMe as it was "a bridge too far".

What will prisoners be eating for Christmas dinner in New Zealand this year? Corrections have released the annual menu for its 10,000 inmates.

Amnesty International say they're "concerned" about the reports released by Crimes of Torture Act inspectors, and steps must be taken to prevent further acts of torture.

COMMENT: Three strikes and you're out. If any expression shows the influence of America, this is it.

COMMENT: The Three-Strikes legislation is only going to increase the prison population. It's time it went the way of its disgraced Act Party champion.

Murderer George Baker was involved in a stand-off with police at Auckland's North Shore Hospital after he was uncuffed by Corrections staff and "smashed up his room".

"It's Not Ok" spokesperson Vic Tamati talks to Hawke's Bay Regional Prison inmates about living a violence-free life. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

How could we have got it so wrong? The pollsters and the politicians, the analysts, theorists and columnists - especially this one

They say a stitch in time saves nine - that's the hope for a group of Auckland prisoners.

An implement was used in an assault against four Christchurch prison guards last night.

Family of jailed woman dying of cancer are praying for good news today.

A review of volunteers in New Zealand prisons has found two were active gang members - one of whom had a conviction for making P.

The Government appears certain to miss its target of cutting reoffending in New Zealand by next year.

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: Crime does not pay, as the old adage goes. That may or may not be true, but what is absolutely without question is that crime costs.

Seven boys overpowered three night staff at a south Auckland youth justice facility and took their keys before escaping onto the roof.

COMMENT: John Key this week recalled the shock he felt when Simon Power privately told him he would be retiring from politics.

Assaults on prison guards by inmates have increased by more than 100 in the last year.

A 22-year-old man with an "extreme" meth problem has surprised a judge with his request to be sent to prison.

Dame Tariana Turia has accused the Government of spending more money on locking people up than on combating poverty. The former Maori

Three members of staff at the Paremoremo Prison required medical treatment after being assaulted by a group of prisoners.

The leader of a methamphetamine importation ring - run from his prison cell - has been jailed.

A prison riot in northern Brazil has reportedly left 25 inmates dead, seven of them decapitated and six burned to death.

Meditation has helped prisoners in one of Mexico's most notorious jails change their lives. Michael Donaldson talks to a pair of unlikely Kiwi monks.