EBENSBURG – Cambria County Prison Warden Kurt Wolford’s report to the prison board Wednesday highlighted voluntary treatment opportunities recently made available for inmates. “Providing targeted, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Three men who each faced significant hurdles rebuilding their lives after exiting prison say Cuyahoga County must better support people transitioning back into society if it wants to ...

Paul Anderson struggled to stay out of trouble with the law for years after getting out of prison. It wasn’t until he spent six months at the Washington State Department of Corrections reentry program ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY — In an attempt to help reduce the county’s recidivism rate of ex-convicts and lessen the demand on the county’s public agencies, the Columbia County Board of Supervisors is ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- State corrections officials are searching for a prisoner who walked away from a community reentry program in Los Angeles on Sunday six months before he was due for parole.

The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and support for people after release. Thomas Van Hoose had been here before. Nearing ...

There was a time when Daeqwon Currie thought he’d never kick heroin. “I had a friend shoot me up the first time,” said Currie, 36, of Wilson. “I was scared I’d do it myself. And that was the moment ...

HUDSON — Lynn Rothenberg has been a reporter, a photographer, a substance abuse counselor and is a licensed master social worker. Now she will try helping ex-convicts successfully navigate their ...

Reentry programs and higher education for people who are incarcerated are vital opportunities that should be expanded, according to Patrick Conway, director of the Boston College Prison Education ...

Update: Governor Hochul signed legislation to expand public housing access to formerly incarcerated individuals on December 23, 2022. A bill that lawmakers say could ensure more people leaving ...