The Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education program aims to foster a sense of pride and empowerment in ...

Released prisoners face a host of challenges, not the least of which are astronomical unemployment rates. But a supplier of software to public agencies hopes that its technology can put a dent in that ...

Pamela London grew up in North Chicago, used a weapon to cause bodily harm to a person at North Chicago Community High School and went to prison for it at the age of 18. Now 52, she works for the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — People across Shelby County were wearing their orange in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The holiday may have been officially recognized on Friday, but organizations are ...

Editor’s Note: Johnny C. Taylor Jr., SHRM-SCP, is president and chief executive officer of the Society for Human Resource Management and an adviser to Safe Streets & Second Chances, an initiative to ...

An October 2017 study found the most potent predictor of recidivism was being a Black male, even though Black men had less contact with the criminal justice system and few of the risk factors ...

Daren Swenson is the vice president of Reentry Partnerships and Innovation at CoreCivic. Again this year, the federal government has officially designated the month of April as Second Chance Month. It ...

Jessica Baynes was not in a place she wanted to be in early 2019 — the Decatur Correctional Center for Women — but it turned out to be the right place and the right time for her after all. Charged ...

The notion of inviting venture capitalists into the state human services system sounds, I’ll admit, a bit creepy. When I heard that notion was floating around the 2014 Legislature, my thoughts went to ...

During my time as Albany police chief, I saw firsthand how formerly incarcerated individuals, given proper support, were able to stabilize their lives and successfully return to their communities.