Research has shown that stable employment after incarceration dramatically reduces the likelihood of someone reoffending.

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 ...

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, ...

SUNY is expanding its Higher Education in Prison program.The program is currently offered at 24 correctional facilities. SUNY ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections is expanding its Safe Prisons Initiative to assess each prisoner’s individual needs, aiming to improve rehabilitation outcomes. The updated strategy will match ...

Piedmont Virginia Community College is expanding its prison education program, thanks to a grant from the Mellon Foundation. The Higher Education in Prison program serves approximately 120 ...

The Boston College Prison Education Program (BCPEP), the state’s largest higher education program for people who are incarcerated, will expand to offer college classes to women at the Massachusetts ...

Advocates are frustrated by the slow progress on creating a mother-infant program for women in Wisconsin prisons; the DOC says it lacks funds ...