EBENSBURG – Cambria County Prison Warden Kurt Wolford’s report to the prison board Wednesday highlighted voluntary treatment opportunities recently made available for inmates. “Providing targeted, ...

Reentry programs and higher education for people who are incarcerated are vital opportunities that should be expanded, according to Patrick Conway, director of the Boston College Prison Education ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As two new residents trot into MCI-Framingham, they won’t be focused on serving time — they’ll learn to sit, stay and how to ...

A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders and parole violators being returned to state prisons is at an all-time low. The annual report released Thursday is ...

President Obama has made progress helping ex-cons return to society, but he hasn't created the sweeping program he promised. In 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder held the first meeting of the ...

The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

When Pulaski County resident Bryan Burrow declined a judge's offer of 30 years behind bars, he was seeking a second chance in the state's criminal justice system where nearly half of those released ...