Hope and growth. Those two words have changed George K. L. Smith’s life and the lives of other formerly incarcerated ...

Duquesne University professor Norm Conti leads police cadets and prison inmates in a five-week class at State Correctional Institution - Fayette as part of the Pittsburgh Police Academy. The state ...

People who have been incarcerated often have a hard time finding work when released. Some will now have the opportunity to train for certification in trades like plumbing, electrical work and ...

When Carlos Angulo leaves the Lake County Jail as a free man in the coming months, he will carry with him newly-learned construction skills — including painting, plumbing and flooring — that he hopes ...

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (WIS) - A new state prison program aims to combat violence and inspire the system’s most powerful and influential inmates a year after a deadly prison riot at Lee Correctional ...

Inmates serving time inside Santee’s Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility may have a lower chance of reoffending once released due to a new higher education program underway at the women’s jail.

The Global Leadership Academy was founded by a former Missouri offender. Now, it's inspiring inmates and staff alike across ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. _ According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, 19,000 individuals are released from prison each year in the state. Almost half of them end up re-offending and back behind bars.