For more than a decade, the Jessamine County Detention Center has been trying to prepare inmates for life beyond jail. That includes the work they’re doing within and the physical work they put into ...

Pilot inmate work-release programs place nonviolent prisoners into paid jobs. Programs cut recidivism, let participants save wages, and secure post-release jobs. Federal seed grants and national ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Thursday approved allocating 100 beds in Little Rock to a pilot program that would allow industries to work on job skills with soon-to-be released inmates. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia inmates who most need in-prison educational programs — which better prepare them for release and make them less likely to reoffend — are, in large part, the ones not ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said it’s looking for an inmate who “walked off” from a work release program Friday. Patrick Osbourne, 24, was last seen around 10:30 a.m.

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

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State prison officials say as many as 17,600 California inmates may be released early due to the coronavirus, 70% more than previously estimated and a total that victims and ...

Jail inmates who get opioid addiction meds are less likely to overdose following release They’re also more likely to stay in addiction treatment The study reflects results from a pilot program in ...