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

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, ...

Colorado (KCNC) -- A 30-year-old program giving 30 incarcerated individuals in Colorado an opportunity to care for wild horses is coming to an end. The Wild Horse Inmate Program offers vocational ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — On Christmas Day last year, Andrew Lansing, an officer at Chillicothe’s Ross Correctional Institution, was assaulted and killed by inmate Rashawn Cannon. Now, Andy’s Law, a ...

CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) has announced a partnership with iT1, a leading IT solutions provider, and Nucleos, a public benefit corporation, to enhance education and ...

I should be a doctor by now. I completed my associate’s degree in 2016, and, after taking a year off to weave an economic safety net of vocational training, I enrolled in a bachelor’s program in the ...

WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - Southeastern Community College (SCC) has received recognition for its participation and accomplishments in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction’s Vocational ...

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 ...

Inside the halls of Nevada’s only women’s prison, the word ‘Cosmetology’ is painted on a light blue door. The room houses a job-training program that for a while, inmates said was the only one ...

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