The Sentencing Project report finds that formerly incarcerated individuals face significant barriers to reentry due to ...

A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders and parole violators being returned to state prisons is at an all-time low. The annual report released Thursday is ...

A proposal to convert Alcatraz Island back into a functioning federal prison is being criticized by criminal justice advocates, who argue that the plan would divert attention and resources from more ...

BALTIMORE -- The week after being released from prison, Bakari Atiba hopped on a bus to go see his home detention case manager without any idea of how to navigate public transportation. “I was a ...

The United States leads the world in incarceration — by a long shot — and some experts say the reason our incarceration rate is so high is because a lack of reentry programs leads many people back ...

On Sept. 24, chef Jeff Henderson was teaching Cincinnati State students to cook. The next day, he spoke to a crowd of dozens about incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline. Henderson is a ...

When Pulaski County resident Bryan Burrow declined a judge's offer of 30 years behind bars, he was seeking a second chance in the state's criminal justice system where nearly half of those released ...

President Obama has made progress helping ex-cons return to society, but he hasn't created the sweeping program he promised. In 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder held the first meeting of the ...

The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

Josh Kraft on Thursday unveiled a plan to support individuals returning from prison, a new plank in his policy platform as he seeks to unseat incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu in this fall’s election. Kraft ...