The Last Mile is a California-based nonprofit that provides education and training opportunities for people who have been ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. PIERRE, S.D. — The state of South Dakota must do a better job of ...

Arkansas has one of the highest prison recidivism rates in the country, with nearly 50% of inmates back behind bars within three years of their release. Sen. Ben Gilmore of Crossett and reentry ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A recent meeting of the Arkansas Board of Corrections ended with its approval of an anti-recidivism program backed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Officials said the plan focuses ...

Kerwin Pittman is transforming a shuttered prison into a reentry campus offering housing, job training and support to people leaving incarceration.

Sen. Jamie Smith wanted to rename South Dakota's correctional department to include "rehabilitation" in its title. The Sioux Falls Democrat couldn't get the state Legislature on board with his idea ...

Erik Menendez, left, and his older brother, Lyle, appear in photos provided by prison officials. Lyle Menendez was denied parole on Friday, a day after the state's parole board also rejected Erik’s ...