Federal prison officials cost taxpayers millions of dollars and prematurely freed inmates through faulty enforcement of a criminal reform program, a federal probe found. The BOP “continues to evaluate ...

The escaped inmates were being held on various charges, including murder and first-degree robbery.

As full-time college students, the women pursue associate and bachelor's degrees while serving time for the mistakes that ...

The Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) has launched two national initiatives to address the data and research challenges facing programs that ...

Dennis William E. Demoss, 38, of Vanceburg, Ky., formerly of Munson, who was convicted at trial of providing fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a 15-year-old, ...

North Carolina’s prison system is stretched thin, and one of its former inmates says he has a bold way to ease the pressure.

Plans to reopen Jail North for juvenile offenders are on hold as Mecklenburg County leaders shift focus to a growing ...

Guest Opinion For too many people across the country, a criminal record becomes a life sentence long after a court-imposed ...

Blair County commissioners have approved the distribution of $1.23 million in funds from the National Opioid Settlement, based on an advisory committee’s recommendations. The largest allocation of ...

Last year, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order implementing a program to address high levels of recidivism in Arizona. Reentry 2030 is an initiative dedicated to reducing recidivism, the ...

Residents participating in the South Bend Community Re-Entry Center are using skills learned during incarceration to give back to the community, offering free haircuts to children at the Tolson Center ...

California needs to close more state prisons. Reviewing Newsom’s May Revision makes that impossible to ignore. The May Revision, Newsom’s annual revised budget proposal, gives ...