The need is urgent. Roughly 80% of the 22,700 currently incarcerated will eventually return to society, according to VADOC, and a Prison Policy Initiative analysis estimates that 27% of formerly ...

The ServSafe Managers Certification workshop was recently completed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility. Participants, from left: Russ Bigus, Ed.D., LCCC vice president of academic affairs; John ...

Inmates will be under the direction of O'Connor for roughly 12 to 18 months, and will first learn about hygiene, sanitation, ...

At Pondville Correctional Center, tens of thousands of honeybees are hard at work inside wooden boxes about 40 yards from the facility, their buzzing audible to the inmates in the yard. By next spring ...

A group of inmates in Delaware County is preparing for reentry into the community with the help of some four-legged companions. Through the New Leash on Life program, inmates at George W. Hill ...

The program, called The Haven, is now operating at MCIW and focuses on recovery, development and preparation for life after ...

The Wild Horse Program at Hutchinson Correctional Facility is ending after 25 years, and now the horses need homes.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Thursday approved allocating 100 beds in Little Rock to a pilot program that would allow industries to work on job skills with soon-to-be released inmates. The ...

Last week, the Arkansas Board of Corrections approved Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ pilot program to reduce recidivism in the state's corrections system. The program will initially include 100 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia inmates who most need in-prison educational programs — which better prepare them for release and make them less likely to reoffend — are, in large part, the ones not ...