Prison education programs offer a substantial return on investment by reducing recidivism and increasing employment rates among former inmates. Key policy recommendations include automatic enrollment ...

RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers advanced a bipartisan prison education reform bill, but Senate revisions altered its original scope. Del. Betsy B. Carr, D-Richmond, introduced House Bill 2158, which ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — An education program for Montana State Prison inmates, dedicated to decreasing recidivism rates, just concluded its second year. NBC Montana visited the prison Thursday and met with ...

The state’s correctional system seems intent on putting itself out of business. The maximum-security MCI-Cedar Junction facility in Walpole closed in 2023, while in 2024, both the medium-security ...

The legislation calls for a robust program focusing on rehabilitating inmates “upon the first day of incarceration” through a ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Recidivism has been a topic in prison discussions in South Dakota for at least 20 years. It’s become a buzz word that’s been circulating in talks about a possible new men’s ...

“To provide postsecondary education to prisoners is not advocating that we be ‘soft on crime’. It is simply the most effective and least expensive method of getting some control over crime and ...

The news http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022801704.html that more than 1 in 100 adults in our country are behind bars shocked ...

A new report shows Virginia now leads the nation with the lowest recidivism rate, which means fewer people are returning to prison after release. Experts credit state-run programs, but one man who ...