In February 2017, when Keia Blount was preparing to be released after serving a five-year prison term at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, she had no idea where to go. Expand your ...

GRAHAM, N.C. (WGHP) — It might not be growing season at Benevolence Farm, but the women who live and work there are working all year long to bloom. “When I started working here, I learned a lot about ...

David Holly, who joined the Navy at 16 so he could see the world, suddenly couldn’t see a thing. Standing watch on the bow of the USS Benevolence as the hospital ship returned to San Francisco Bay ...

THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US AT 5:00 ON THIS THURSDAY. FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN WILL SOON HAVE A NEW OPPORTUNITY AS THEY BEGIN LIFE BEYOND THE PRISON WALLS. BENEVOLENCE FARM OUT OF GRAHAM, IS ...

This story first appeared on Civil Eats. In February 2017, when Keia Blount was preparing to be released after serving a five-year prison term at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, ...