Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Participants in a welding program for minimum security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls on Oct.

Inside Philadelphia prisons, the most anticipated visitor is a dog. Therapy dog programs are now built into prison life; they help staff manage tension and give inmates rare moments of emotional reset ...

Inmates at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe are helping lift the burden on Riverside County’s packed animal shelters by fostering impounded canines, training them in basic obedience and preparing them, ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC ) — According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 95 percent of people in jail will return to the community. However, according to a 2017 RAND Corporation study, inmates ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — In St. Landry Parish, the sheriff’s office spoke on a few different programs they’ve incorporated at the St. Landry Parish Jail to help their inmates find redemption.

FLAGSTAFF - The inmate squared off across a table from Alfredo Cruz. Cruz, a smiling literacy volunteer, began asking questions. The questions started forming a framework for approaching the inmate's ...