A new program to help connect inmates to those who want to encourage them, called Adopt and Inmate, is underway.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Participants in a welding program for minimum security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls on Oct.

More than one dozen inmates at Iron County Jail recently celebrated their progress in a program designed to help them find gainful employment after incarceration.

Overcrowding has become a serious issue at the Cheboygan County Jail but Sheriff Dale Clarmont believes he and his staff have found a solution that will benefit the department, the community and the ...

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 ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — In St. Landry Parish, the sheriff’s office spoke on a few different programs they’ve incorporated at the St. Landry Parish Jail to help their inmates find redemption.

BUNNELL, Fla. — The Flagler County jail is being recognized as a national model. The Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility just won its second detention facility innovation award. The National ...