CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' devastated finances and well-known government dysfunction is claiming another victim: The legally-mandated launch of a promising prison reform program designed to ...

The First Step Act is changing the way that federal prison systems treat prisoners. It increases opportunities for rehabilitation, shortens sentences, and enhances prisoners' rights. The law is a ...

Two former inmates say the deadly riot at Washington State Prison was preventable, blaming chronic understaffing, unsafe ...

Enrique Sandoval, Daniel Arciniega and Eleazar Alicantar learn English language skills in class at San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday. In March 2023, Gov. Newsom announced a plan to transform the ...

The nonprofit is holding its sixth annual conference this Friday and Saturday Credit: DECARCERATE DecARcerate, a nonprofit that works on prison and criminal justice reform in Arkansas, will host its ...

For a long time, the idea of rehabilitation programs inside prisons has generated lots of eye-rolling and scorn. We designed our prison system based on a perceived reality that rehabilitation is not ...