The Graves and McCracken County jails partnered to bring welding certification opportunities to their inmates through a program at West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

Building on previously successful inmate programs, including the creation of a pre-release unit for women, a Family Support Services Unit and mental-health services, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC ) — According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 95 percent of people in jail will return to the community. However, according to a 2017 RAND Corporation study, inmates ...

For some inmates at the Lubbock County Detention Center, the path to a new life starts behind bars.

County Judge Jim Lewis acknowledged the widespread use of programs to divert low-level inmates from jails could directly affect the center, but he thinks the overall reduction of inmates on a state ...

Second of two parts. Read the first part here. Sonoma County inmates fund their own welfare and education programs with purchases through the jail commissary, but even as prices have climbed for ...