A national group has been busy looking at programs the South Dakota Department of Corrections is using to reduce the ...

JoyBelle Phelan believes that no one should be reduced to their worst moment. Phelan’s own story is her best proof of the importance of that fierce belief: Her worst moments led to her incarceration – ...

During a Tuesday ribbon-cutting ceremony for two new technical programs at Algoa Correctional Center, an inmate thanked ...

Thousands of incarcerated people in Connecticut want to pursue higher education, and funding is available, but limited space and resources have kept programs from expanding to meet demand, officials ...

CHOWCHILLA, California — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half of his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For almost as long, he's been striving to make himself a better man than when he arrived. He has ...

Green prison programs essentially provide a form of nature-based therapy to prisoners under the guidance of trained professionals. Prisoners typically engage in gardening and horticultural activities, ...

For a long time, the idea of rehabilitation programs inside prisons has generated lots of eye-rolling and scorn. We designed our prison system based on a perceived reality that rehabilitation is not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As two new residents trot into MCI-Framingham, they won’t be focused on serving time — they’ll learn to sit, stay and how to ...

Mason King, center, speaks to people who were incarcerated during a Second Chance Academy class on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, Ky. Christian Kantosky ...

When Pulaski County resident Bryan Burrow declined a judge's offer of 30 years behind bars, he was seeking a second chance in the state's criminal justice system where nearly half of those released ...

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