A University of Michigan program showcases prison art and highlights how creativity helps people survive incarceration and rebuild their lives. The Prison Creative Arts Project opened its 30th ...

With the South Carolina Department of Corrections prioritizing its re-entry programs for years, inmates are getting quite the ...

Piedmont Virginia Community College is expanding its prison education program, thanks to a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, inmate Kay Cain, Dennis (age 18 months), Correctional Officer Karen Boyer and inmate Destiny Hogan, at the ...

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, ...

Inside a New Mexico prison program where inmates train shelter dogs, build empathy and prepare for life after release.

A Christianity-focused program with a mission of reducing the return of inmates at one Arkansas prison will close next month after a decade of operation because of its difficulty in raising funds from ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A prison seminary program is one of the first priorities for the new head of South Dakota’s state corrections system. South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Nick ...

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 – ...