For more than a decade, the Jessamine County Detention Center has been trying to prepare inmates for life beyond jail. That ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said it’s looking for an inmate who “walked off” from a work release program Friday. Patrick Osbourne, 24, was last seen around 10:30 a.m.

Pilot inmate work-release programs place nonviolent prisoners into paid jobs. Programs cut recidivism, let participants save wages, and secure post-release jobs. Federal seed grants and national ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Thursday approved allocating 100 beds in Little Rock to a pilot program that would allow industries to work on job skills with soon-to-be released inmates. The ...

“BCDC does not have a Holiday release program. BCDC does not accept cash-app or pre-paid cards for any payment on bills associated with the Jail,” the county jailer said on Facebook. Anyone who ...

Scammers are targeting families of inmates at the BCDC, falsely claiming the jail has started a program allowing prisoners to be released on ankle monitors to spend time at home for the holidays.

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 ...