A reentry program near Waco, Texas, has proven successful. Not only does every participant come out with a job, but their ...

Inspectors have revealed “deeply depressing” findings into female prisons as rates of self-harm are 8.5 times higher than ...

It's time for the Green Bay Correctional Institution to close. There is no excuse for the conditions in which inmates live ...

A man found guilty of kidnapping a woman and holding her and her children at gunpoint in a Fort Collins neighborhood has been sentenced to prison.

The Last Mile, a national nonprofit, is expanding its web development classes to prisons across the country, including in New England.

Across the country, about half of persons in prison failed to graduate high school, a figure much lower than the general ...

The Howard League called the figures “indicative of major problems across the prison system and speak ... and can lead to a vicious cycle of staff absences and resignations, which in turn ...

The Reentry Campus Program provides currently and formerly incarcerated individuals with an affordable pathway to a ...

We are doing them all a great disservice by keeping the prison running instead of creating ... that I ran for state Senate this last election cycle and though I didn’t secure the seat, I am ...

To reduce the number of formerly incarcerated citizens returning to prison, some communities are turning to restorative justice — a practice promoting accountability and healing for all parties ...

Up to 90% of women sentenced to prisons in the US are survivors of sexual and physical violence, either in childhood, ...