Fostering stable employment for people released from prison is an important issue for social justice and public safety, as well as for economic and workforce development. But studies on the efficacy ...

There is a misconception that after a person leaves the prison system and has “served their time,” they can quickly reassimilate into their former life and pick up where they left off. The reality, ...

In photographer Peter Merts’ images of California’s Arts in Corrections program, a smiling man is pictured with an acrylic portrait of Pope Francis. It is a fitting choice of subject in a photo series ...

Each year 650,000 inmates exit prisons; a disproportionate share are black men. Indeed, at least one-quarter of black men have criminal justice involvement. Without effective reentry programs, ...

IONIA COUNTY, MI -- A culture change is happening behind the tall fences and razor-ribbon wire surrounding Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility. On the exterior, the all-male, medium security ...

ADAM: THE GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDED SEVERE CUTS TO PRISON EDUCATION AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HAVE CLOSED THE STATE PRISON HIGH SCHOOL AND POTENTIALLY RESULTED IN THE ...

The United States has the largest prison population in the world. At present, over 2 million American adults are incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Aside from having the world's largest prison ...

Greene Correctional Facility automotive shop instructor Bernard Yuhas gives a tour of his classroom at the vocation school on May 23 in Coxsackie. The basics of commercial and residential wiring are ...

Harry Harrington beamed with pride after being named the most “persistent and dedicated” student in his graduating class. The barbed wire and tall gates define his past as an incarcerated prisoner, ...

The United States has the largest prison population in the world. At present, over 2 million American adults are incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Aside from having the world's largest prison ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. George Ryan has reversed a plan to cut vocational education in state prisons. An added $4 million will restore classes cut in November to help resolve the state's $500 ...