Fostering stable employment for people released from prison is an important issue for social justice and public safety, as well as for economic and workforce development. But studies on the efficacy ...

New Corrections report shows reduced job openings since pay increase took effect as state agency hires 133 for new Rapid City ...

Rep. Mike Derby, a Republican from Rapid City who co-chairs the Joint Committee on Appropriations, told News Watch that ...

ADAM: THE GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDED SEVERE CUTS TO PRISON EDUCATION AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HAVE CLOSED THE STATE PRISON HIGH SCHOOL AND POTENTIALLY RESULTED IN THE ...

IONIA COUNTY, MI -- A culture change is happening behind the tall fences and razor-ribbon wire surrounding Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility. On the exterior, the all-male, medium security ...

Greene Correctional Facility automotive shop instructor Bernard Yuhas gives a tour of his classroom at the vocation school on May 23 in Coxsackie. The basics of commercial and residential wiring are ...

Jenkins Independent High School, in Letcher County, Kentucky, is the single school in Kentucky to offer a program specifically in corrections. (Source: Jenkins Independent High School Facebook) There ...

Harry Harrington beamed with pride after being named the most “persistent and dedicated” student in his graduating class. The barbed wire and tall gates define his past as an incarcerated prisoner, ...

There is a misconception that after a person leaves the prison system and has “served their time,” they can quickly reassimilate into their former life and pick up where they left off. The reality, ...

Each year 650,000 inmates exit prisons; a disproportionate share are black men. Indeed, at least one-quarter of black men have criminal justice involvement. Without effective reentry programs, ...

In photographer Peter Merts’ images of California’s Arts in Corrections program, a smiling man is pictured with an acrylic portrait of Pope Francis. It is a fitting choice of subject in a photo series ...

The United States has the largest prison population in the world. At present, over 2 million American adults are incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Aside from having the world's largest prison ...