Participants in a welding program for minimum security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls on Oct. 7, 2024. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) The South Dakota ...

On Friday, inmates and their families gathered at the campus of Southeast Technical College to celebrate their graduation ...

Building on previously successful inmate programs, including the creation of a pre-release unit for women, a Family Support Services Unit and mental-health services, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, ...

For more than a decade, the Jessamine County Detention Center has been trying to prepare inmates for life beyond jail. That ...

The program provides technical skills and other training and connects students to Daytona State College, where they can earn ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC ) — According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 95 percent of people in jail will return to the community. However, according to a 2017 RAND Corporation study, inmates ...

BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — The Benton County inmate garden is cultivating more than just crops; it’s transforming lives and feeding communities. Benton County Sheriff Shawn Holloway explained ...

Slashing the Texas prisons budget to save money could jeopardize inmate medical care and rehabilitation programs for sex, drug and alcohol offenders, resulting in more crime and potential ...

County Judge Jim Lewis acknowledged the widespread use of programs to divert low-level inmates from jails could directly affect the center, but he thinks the overall reduction of inmates on a state ...

A group of inmates in Delaware County is preparing for reentry into the community with the help of some four-legged ...

Teachers are located at the facilities to deliver instruction in the morning and evening. In a move that strengthens Miami-Dade County's commitment to criminal justice reform and workforce development ...