National outrage over a controversial Woodford County case could reverse portions of a 2011 law that had overwhelming ...

Kerwin Pittman, a social justice activist and former inmate, has made history by purchasing the former Wayne County ...

STAR, or Sobriety Treatment Assisted Recovery, is a unique collaboration of the Winnebago County Jail, the Department of ...

Former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Kerwin Pittman says he’s the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to ...

A nonprofit uses VR headsets to offer inmates practical scenarios like job interviews alongside travel experiences, providing ...

Leucadia Wastewater District grants awarded this month to three local teachers will translate into hands-on learning ...

After creating aspirational standards for sex offender rehabilitation, Colorado has systematically failed to provide the ...

The state wants changes to a law that allows the juvenile rehabilitation program to hold inmates up to 25 years old to mitigate overcrowding.

New research from Grinnell College finds that well-intentioned prison education programs may have unintended outcomes.

Fetty Wap is home. Yes, that’s right. After more than three years behind bars, the rapper known for songs like Trap Queen, My ...

A serial rapist once sentenced to nearly 900 years in prison could walk free in about 14 years thanks to new California laws ...

Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades, but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic ...