Lawmakers and correctional leaders across the US are advancing reforms to reduce recidivism and improve prison conditions, with efforts including improving health and staff resources, increasing ...

Most Americans don’t know what it’s like inside the United States’ 1,664 state and federal prisons. 1 Yet even those who ...

Bureau of Justice Statistics issued its annual report about the state of the Bureau of Prisons since enactment of the First ...

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

There’s one thing that the state’s Republican legislators and prison reform advocates can agree on: Something needs to change ...

The First Step Act is changing the way that federal prison systems treat prisoners. It increases opportunities for rehabilitation, shortens sentences, and enhances prisoners' rights. The law is a ...

Prison reform is reducing inmate populations from big America cities — but, in many suburbs and rural communities, it's just the reverse. The same crimes that call for probation or just months in jail ...

Former congressman George Santos (R-New York), who served 84 days in federal prison before receiving a presidential commutation on Friday, says he knows what he wants to do with his life now that he ...

BRIDGEPORT — A documentary film focused on three Bridgeport natives who did time behind bars and are now advocating for systemic reforms is available on Prime. "There is no road map for coming home ...

An Alabama pastor wants church goers to become a bit uncomfortable in their seats. Their discomfort is a precursor to action, Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow said. Glasgow, a Dothan-based pastor and activist ...