The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

The Boston College Prison Education Program, already the largest higher education prison program in the state, is expanding to serve women incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STRIVE graduate Melyna Rodriguez wipes a tear during the graduation ceremony inside the chapel at the Patrick O'Daniel Unit in ...

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 ...

The governor's budget proposals include plans to save $2.1 billion through cuts in state prisons. Specifically, the revised budget would save $1.7 billion over the next two years by reducing the ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - For the past five years, conversations about prisons and how to manage them have played out as one tumultuous bout of realignment and soul-searching after another for ...