Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but 'Freedom Reads' founder and former inmate Reginald Betts went beyond books ...

One California re-entry program boasts a 92 percent success rate in helping former prisoners find jobs or continue schooling ...

The $1.3 million that was axed would've brought air-conditioning to some state prisons and free phone calls to inmates ...

A staggering number of people in Wisconsin prisons have mental illnesses and committed non-violent crimes. A new bill could ...

Most people come out of prison with high hopes of making it on the outside, but the obstacles they face are almost ...

A Pitt law professor shares insights from teaching incarcerated individuals at SCI-Greene, highlighting education’s role in ...

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty. By Keith Humphreys. Doug Dubois and Jim Goldberg / Magnum. June 25, 2025.

Republican state Sen. Kevin Jensen of the Canton area has a specific number in mind. “If we can get the recidivism down to ...

A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders being returned to prisons is at an all-time low ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has reported the lowest rate of reoffense – or recidivism – on state record.