Perhaps the most lasting criticism of the American prison system as it exists today lies in a fundamental disagreement over the purpose of incarceration. Beyond removing dangerous individuals from ...

In-depth interview with the chancellor of Austin Community College; inmates go to school - in jail. Are immigrant students afraid to go to school? Austin Community College chancellor, Dr. Russell ...

The Cleveland County Detention Center has partnered with NCIC Correctional Services to provide tablets to inmates. These tablets benefit inmate education by allowing inmates to take classes and read ...

The Cleveland County Detention Center has acquired 550 tablets through a partnership with the NCIC Correctional Services. The new partnership will allow each inmate access to their own device to use ...

DILLWYN, Va. (WRIC) — 2024 was a record-breaking year for inmates earning their General Education Development degrees (GEDs) in the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC). Maurice Harris, an ...

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 ...

Separated by eight years, a dozen subway stops and a vast socioeconomic distance, Erica Mateo and Max Kenner had one thing in common growing up: They were no one’s candidates for most likely to ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI: In a remarkable display of resilience, the inmates of Tihar Jail are defying expectations by embracing education as a path to redemption. Amid the challenges of the life behind bars, a ...

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 ...