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In Brazil, inmates can reduce their sentences by reading books through a program that encourages literacy and personal growth ...

New York must continue to invest in higher education in prisons. Our prisoners deserve access to college classes.

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, ...

JoyBelle Phelan believes that no one should be reduced to their worst moment. Phelan’s own story is her best proof of the importance of that fierce belief: Her worst moments led to her incarceration – ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Prison leaders from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi gathered in Austin on Monday for a discussion on faith in jails. The Texas Public Policy Foundation hosted the conversation.

It costs the state of North Carolina $40,000 per year to incarcerate each of our nearly 30,000 inmates, and within three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EBENSBURG – Cambria County Prison Warden Kurt Wolford’s report to the prison board Wednesday highlighted voluntary treatment ...