Inmates will be under the direction of O'Connor for roughly 12 to 18 months, and will first learn about hygiene, sanitation, ...

The ServSafe Managers Certification workshop was recently completed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility. Participants, from left: Russ Bigus, Ed.D., LCCC vice president of academic affairs; John ...

At Pondville Correctional Center, tens of thousands of honeybees are hard at work inside wooden boxes about 40 yards from the facility, their buzzing audible to the inmates in the yard. By next spring ...

The Wild Horse Program at Hutchinson Correctional Facility is ending after 25 years, and now the horses need homes.

Last week, the Arkansas Board of Corrections approved Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ pilot program to reduce recidivism in the state's corrections system. The program will initially include 100 ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Thursday approved allocating 100 beds in Little Rock to a pilot program that would allow industries to work on job skills with soon-to-be released inmates. The ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Corrections is expanding its “Virginia Model” to three additional state prison facilities following significant improvements in safety and ...

New York has hired thousands of inmates since Feb. 2012 — a fact some officials believe helps reduce recidivism rates. In a statement released Friday in time for Work for Success' two-year anniversary ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia inmates who most need in-prison educational programs — which better prepare them for release and make them less likely to reoffend — are, in large part, the ones not ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — On Christmas Day last year, Andrew Lansing, an officer at Chillicothe’s Ross Correctional Institution, was assaulted and killed by inmate Rashawn Cannon. Now, Andy’s Law, a ...