Genesee County, Michigan, Sheriff Chris Swanson is working hard to help communities across the U.S. battle high recidivism rates through a program aimed at inmate education, while also applauding ...

A career technical education curriculum and certification program, iCEV, and a public benefits corporation, Nucleos, have come together to bring secure online education to incarcerated people, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — While serving 29 years in a Michigan prison for murder, Johnell Allen got an education. Fast forward to last year and Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson appointed Allen as a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Davidson County Sheriff's Office has received an education grant from the state for $800,000. It came from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce. The grant will ...

A program which helps medium- to maximum-security inmates at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections acquire skills needed to pursue productive lives beyond prison walls, has been lauded ...

The Trumbull County Jail is joining in a national program to make inmates' time served more productive. I.G.N.I.T.E stands ...

ALVIN, Texas (KTRK) -- For one Alvin Community College manager, changing lives doesn't mean reaching students on campus, but behind prison bars. Jeffrey Taylor is a proud Alvin Community College ...

A new inmate education program is “rocking and rolling” at Montezuma County jail, Sheriff Steve Nowlin said. The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office was awarded a $108,000 Colorado justice assistant ...

FREMONT - The culture is about to shift in the Sandusky County Jail. Sandusky County Sheriff Chris Hilton hosted a ribbon cutting last week to launch the IGNITE program which will help inmates receive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Montana Women's Prison in BIllings (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan). A new legislative audit report released ...