http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3263458a10,00.html
Martin Kay
"New Zealand's prison population has reached 7000 for the first time and is set to rise further as Labour and National pledge to lock up more criminals. But the increasing use of jail is worrying criminologists and penal reformers, who say it could cause more crime and social problems in the long term.
Figures issued by the Corrections Department show there were 7005 sentenced and remand prisoners on Tuesday - 600 more than on the same day last year. "
