Alabama prison inmates often kept from addiction rehab programs

Several people incarcerated won lawsuits because they could not get adequate medical and mental health treatment.
Butler Eagle

Inmates learn life skills in Butler County Prison’s new IGNITE Program

Dylan Hinchberger, 31, began using illicit substances at 11 years old. He said for the longest time, he wasn’t able to admit ...

Young Men With Choices: How one inmate is changing lives behind bars

(FOX40.COM) — Earl Harris, an inmate at California State Prison, Solano, was sentenced to life without the possibility of ...
KELO Sioux Falls on MSN

Lamb committed to prison seminary program

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A prison seminary program is one of the first priorities for the new head of South Dakota’s state ...

Inmate-led prison program in Solano County aims to break cycle of violence and crime

An inmate-led prison program in Solano County, "Young Men With Choices," allows inmates to mentor others and help break violent cycles.

Former inmate buys NC prison to help others who have served time

Former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Kerwin Pittman says he’s the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to buy a prison.

Bipartisan prison reform bill would reward Missouri inmates for self-improvement

Former inmates are appealing to Missouri lawmakers for changes in the prison system that would reward rehabilitation with the ...
Ravalli Republic

'It was transformative': MT prison training provides skills and hope to combat recidivism

The Last Mile is a California-based nonprofit that provides education and training opportunities for people who have been ...
WRIC

Virginia inmates with highest reoffense risk left out of educational programs, JLARC finds

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia inmates who most need in-prison educational programs — which better prepare them for release and make them less likely to reoffend — are, in large part, the ones not ...