Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is on the right track in working to increase inmates’ future job prospects and reduce recidivism by offering them the opportunity to take classes while locked up. A ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images Plus) Roughly one in four inmates in Virginia are waiting to enroll in prison education programs — a ...

MADERA COUNTY (KFSN) -- Inmates at the Madera County jail are getting tablets. The Department of Corrections has launched a learning program utilizing the technology. The educational program at the ...

IGNITE PROGRAM FOR INMATES. THE GOAL WAS SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL HELP INDIVIDUALS REINTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, REDUCE RECIDIVISM, AND CHANGE THE CULTURE OF STIGMA IN PEOPLE THAT ARE INCARCERATED IN COUNTY ...

As Taylor Boguef put on her navy blue cap and gown in a corridor of the La Plata County Jail on Thursday, she was a mix of nerves and excitement. Graduating with a GED does not happen every day, even ...

DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - Five inmates at Danville Adult Detention Center graduated and received certificates of completion in Incarceration Doesn’t Define Us (I.D.D.U.) program during a ceremony on ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - For some inmates at the Lubbock County Detention Center, the path to a new life starts behind bars. Education Coordinator Tammy Smith Russell says the GED program is open to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama lawmakers want to know why some of the state’s inmate education programs are difficult for some inmates to access. Prison rights advocates have criticized the ...