SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State prison officials say as many as 17,600 California inmates may be released early due to the coronavirus, 70% more than previously estimated and a total that victims and ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Thursday approved allocating 100 beds in Little Rock to a pilot program that would allow industries to work on job skills with soon-to-be released inmates. The ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia inmates who most need in-prison educational programs — which better prepare them for release and make them less likely to reoffend — are, in large part, the ones not ...

ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — In Anderson County, leaders at the sheriff's office launched a new program they hope will give people being held in jail a second chance. Anderson County Sheriff Russell ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said it’s looking for an inmate who “walked off” from a work release program Friday. Patrick Osbourne, 24, was last seen around 10:30 a.m.

ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — On Wednesday, four Anderson County inmates began full-time employment at Dealer’s Warehouse as part of the county’s new work release program. The program is designed to ...

Boyle County officials are warning residents about a scam in which callers are impersonating jail authorities and attempting to collect money from families of inmates at the Boyle […] ...