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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

“To me, it is too lenient, and it can easily be seen as rewarding criminal behaviour. As far as Government is concerned, ...

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.

Virginia should end a program that allows prison inmates to reduce their time behind bars for good behavior, because too many ...

Advocates for providing inmates in Florida prisons with one free 15-minute phone call if they display good behavior say they ...