Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Participants in a welding program for minimum security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls on Oct.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What brought them to prison was not the focus here. Approximately 50 inmates at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at ...

When Christy Nielsen was searching for a new dog, she didn’t go to a pet store, or a breeder or even a shelter. Instead, Nielsen found her Pomeranian, Tinker, at the Omaha Correctional Center. Tinker ...

Some state lawmakers want to see more job training for inmates. Earlier this year, Governor Andy Beshear announced that only 30% of released inmates returned to prison within two years. But state ...

Paws of Redemption is a new rehabilitation program where inmates at the ASPC-Lewis facility train shelter dogs to prepare them for adoption. The 12-week program teaches dogs basic commands and ...

Nunez Community College is expanding its workforce training efforts into local detention centers through new partnerships with law enforcement agencies in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. The ...

In Michigan, more inmates are earning high school diplomas, technical certificates, and college credits than ever before ...