Corrections has banned an Auckland boarding house from homing offenders after residents are accused of all-day parties, vandalism and verbally abusing.

Kiwis have rallied behind a Filipino family's legal bid for justice, for their much loved mother, grandmother and wife, to raise more than $50,000.

Exclusive: Blessie Gotingco was raped and murdered on May 24, 2014. Today, for the first time, her husband of 30 years, Antonio, speaks about her life and loves - and her death.

Blessie Gotingco's family are considering filing a civil case against the Department of Corrections for wrongful death - and are calling on all New Zealanders to help them.

Children visiting their mothers will enjoy face painting, crafts and movies at Wellington Prison on Sunday.

Prisoners allegedly drunk on homebrew attacked staff at the Serco-run Wiri prison on Saturday, and a wing has been in lockdown as a result.

A probation officer is suing his bosses for secretly removing safety warnings from a report after the inmate then attacked a man just months after being released.

Corrections Minister Judith Collins says prison officers who were caught posting about an inmate on social media had let the department down.

A Wellington probation centre is making their staff feel safer with added security that includes panic alarms to alert police.

Criminals deported from Australia have been arriving here at the rate of more than one a day since a law managing their return was passed last year.

The Corrections Department is standing by a highly critical report of violence within Mt Eden Corrections Facility.

The Corrections Department has told its new minister Judith Collins that it is struggling to understand why reoffending continues to rise in New Zealand.

Corrections Minister Judith Collins has strongly rejected a judge's claim that the Government is trying to keep offenders out of jail.

Corrections is investigating claims against inmates giving sexual favors and a Correction's employee handing over $14k a month for marijuana.

Judith Collins' return to John Key's Cabinet is a credit to her. It would have been easy for someone of her temperament to have reacted differently to her dismissal.

Reinstated Cabinet minister Judith Collins says a year on the backbench has given her more confidence and she is looking forward to sorting out the Serco debacle as the new Corrections Minister.

Reprimand after prison worker says he doesn't like term 'inmates'.

The company's initial training course had been deliberately structured to tick the legal boxes needed to get new employees into prison and working.

A prisoner who raped a woman while on a Release to Work programme has been sentenced.

A cross-party letter to the Australian PM condemning his country's treatment of Kiwis detained on Christmas Island is to be presented in Sydney today.

Among young offenders, the rate of reconviction within five years after release is 91 per cent, much of which happens within the first 12 to 24 months, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

A change to the rules which give media access to prison inmates is being considered.

A prisoner has raped a woman while on a release to work programme, sparking a major internal probe by Corrections.

The alleged rape of a transgender inmate has Corrections signaling a possible change to the way the prison system deals with those identifying as a different gender.

A prisoner has died after a day on life support following a self-harm incident in Mt Eden prison, the Herald has learned.

The transgender community says the inmate is not getting enough support and needs better protection.

Labour says private prison company Serco must be booted out after an alleged rape in a jail.

A female psychologist who counselled a prison inmate and, after he was released from jail, began a sexual relationship with him, now faces possible disciplinary proceedings.