PORTLAND, Ore. — A 10-man prison work crew helped rescue and carry out an injured hiker in the Tillamook State Forest, the Oregon Department of Corrections shared in a social media post Monday morning ...

Prison systems nationwide are working to make those who are incarcerated feel more at home in hopes it leads to better outcomes. It is known as normalization and works to make conditions inside ...

Eric King served almost two years at the federal super-maximum security prison ADX Florence in Colorado.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1. "I worked in a state prison for 26 years. What I've learned is that 1) Respect works both ways. 2) Listening is more important ...

We examined the injustices of prison labor nationwide — and lay the foundation for a more equitable path forward. Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Plans to change the name and make other revisions to work programs in South Dakota’s state prisons are no longer going forward, at least for now. Switching the name from ...

University of Oregon students interning at the Prison Education Program volunteer three days a week at Sponsors, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Eugene that provides a variety of support services to ...

No doubt, prison reform advocates would love to see it. But so far, PolitiFact could find no sign of the prison-to-work program that candidate Barack Obama touted in the campaign. There's nothing like ...

America’s federal prisons are decaying and overcrowded, contributing to violence among inmates and undermining opportunities for rehabilitation. But thanks to an infusion of federal cash authorized by ...