Inmates are getting the chance to learn a trade to help them find a job when they get out.

Roughly one in four inmates in Virginia are waiting to enroll in prison education programs — a backlog that state officials say could hinder rehabilitation and reduce chances of success after release.

“What made me join it was that it was a great opportunity to not just do time, but to actually get something out of my time ...

Former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Kerwin Pittman says he’s the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to buy a prison.