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

If you go to jail, you probably expect to spend a whole lot of time being told what to do. For a group of inmates at the ...

Dangerous criminals are using San Francisco’s Drug Court program as a get-out-of-jail free card, a new data analysis shows — ...

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

Citizen Potawatomi Nation offers re-entry services blending Native traditions with support to help Indigenous inmates reintegrate and reduce recidivism.

Lawmakers discussed a study of DOC's policies and operations, as well as bills dealing with hygiene products for incarcerated ...

A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

A 120-page report released last month by the California Office of the Inspector General alleges major problems at High Desert ...

In Eating Behind Bars, author Leslie Soble details how food is used to further punish incarcerated people in the US ...

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - For more than a decade, the Jessamine County Detention Center has been trying to prepare inmates for life beyond jail. That includes the work they’re doing within and the ...

A push is growing in Massachusetts for reforms to a program that provides inmates with unlimited, free phone calls, an initiative that put Bay State taxpayers on the hook for about $12.5 million last ...