Oculus and entrepreneurship program Defy Ventures are using motivational exercises and groundbreaking VR films to change lives on both sides of the prison wall. I’m standing in the gym in B Yard at ...

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Well into the 20th century, segregation was a fact of daily life in Texas. Black citizens were barred from attending many sporting events, couldn’t eat at certain restaurants and weren’t able to stay ...

LANSING — Three of the five prison food workers at Cotton Correctional Facility near Jackson walked off the job Wednesday after they were disciplined — the same day a House budget subcommittee ...

Christopher St. Lawrence, whose name was once synonymous with power, is now just another inmate with an eight-digit number in a federal prison camp, sleeping on a cot and with a rigid daily work ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola must again take special precautions to protect inmates who work in the prison's fields during high ...

For the second time this week, the state Senate on Thursday rejected a $7 billion borrowing plan to provide better health care for prison inmates. J. Clark Kelso, the receiver appointed by a federal ...

Dec. 8—EBENSBURG, Pa. — The Cambria County Prison Board received updates of equipment and projects at the prison during its monthly meeting Wednesday. One of the water heater tanks that was a part of ...

DOYLESTOWN, PA — A living garden installation at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown by New Orleans multidisciplinary artist jackie sumell - on view from May 30 through the fall of 2026 - explores ...