HARTFORD, CT — Known officially as the Risk Reduction Earned Credit Program, it's been controversial from the get-go, mainly because of the serious crimes that have taken place after an inmate was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

By pairing inmates with horses, Owens said, detainees gain practical job skills while also getting the therapeutic benefits of working closely with animals. In addition, the program helps detainees to ...