The WorkSource Oregon Reentry program helps people incarcerated in the state work on resumes, map out career goals and even connect with future employers. The program is funded by a roughly $5 million ...

Wilmington City Councilwoman Shane Darby addresses a community meeting about the pending closure of the Plummer Correctional Center, which had a prison work release program. (Sarah Mueller/WHYY) What ...

People in prison are much less likely to reoffend if they get an education while they’re behind bars. That’s why the State University of New York offers degree programs at 24 state prisons across New ...

Barack Obama promised to help ex-cons find jobs. There were several components to his 2008 promise, which said his administration would "create a prison-to-work incentive program, modeled on the ...

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 ...

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

Piedmont Virginia Community College is expanding its prison education program, thanks to a grant from the Mellon Foundation. The Higher Education in Prison program serves approximately 120 ...