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 ...

OFFENDER. CHANGING THEIR WAY SO THEY DO NOT BECOME A REPEAT OFFENDER. SIX INMATES GRADUATED AT NEW METRO CORRECTIONS PROGRAM CALLED ALTERNATIVES CRIMINAL THINKING. WLKY SHAQUILLE LORD TELLS US THE ...

A one-room building lined with padded chairs and sinks could be the key to getting and keeping people out of prison.

Students graduate from the Northwestern Prison Education Program at Stateville Correctional Center, becoming the first incarcerated students to earn bachelor’s degrees from a top 10 university on Nov.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Women at the Madison Correctional Facility are preparing to re-enter society after graduating from a Prison to the Workforce program Thursday. The ceremony celebrated their ...

Those programs were considered an intermediate sanction, or a step below serving jail time and a step above probation. To receive those programs, the Department of Corrections had to OK the offender ...