More than one dozen inmates at Iron County Jail recently celebrated their progress in a program designed to help them find gainful employment after incarceration.

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

A new program at the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office is teaching financial literacy to female inmates, and organizers say attendance is already exceeding expectations. Program leaders say the first two ...