Research has shown that stable employment after incarceration dramatically reduces the likelihood of someone reoffending.

The Michigan Department of Corrections is expanding its Safe Prisons Initiative to assess each prisoner’s individual needs, aiming to improve rehabilitation outcomes. The updated strategy will match ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, inmate Kay Cain, Dennis (age 18 months), Correctional Officer Karen Boyer and inmate Destiny Hogan, at the ...

Green prison programs essentially provide a form of nature-based therapy to prisoners under the guidance of trained professionals. Prisoners typically engage in gardening and horticultural activities, ...

SUNY is expanding its Higher Education in Prison program.The program is currently offered at 24 correctional facilities. SUNY ...

There are a handful of states that actually house incarcerated military veterans together. The prison system in Washington state is one of them. Corrections officials say it's an easier way to manage ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A prison seminary program is one of the first priorities for the new head of South Dakota’s state corrections system. South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Nick ...

A Northwestern College faculty member briefed the South Dakota Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force on Wednesday about ...

Advocates are frustrated by the slow progress on creating a mother-infant program for women in Wisconsin prisons; the DOC ...