HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS. FOR A COMPANY THAT MAKES BOXES, ATLAS CONTAINER CORP IS REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE OF ONE. BY HIRING INMATES TO THE WORK RELEASE PROGRAM AND PAYING THEM THE SAME AS OTHER ...

A federal grand jury is investigating former St Tammany Parish Sheriff Rodney "Jack" Strain and one of the privately-run work release programs he ran, owned by the children of some of Strain's top ...

Erie County government used inmates to remove snow in December without judicial approval. The county executive defended the program, stating it used "low-risk" inmates and followed internal vetting ...

Pilot inmate work-release programs place nonviolent prisoners into paid jobs. Programs cut recidivism, let participants save wages, and secure post-release jobs. Federal seed grants and national ...

COVINGTON, La. -- Early Thursday morning, 35-year-old Christopher Ricker escaped from a St. Tammany work release facility called North Shore Workforce in Covington. It was the latest in a string of ...

A work-release inmate who walked away from a Louisiana job assignment in September was arrested at a Jackson homeless camp.