Locked in a prison cell during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tone Alcantara made an unlikely discovery about himself: He was a nerd. It wasn't a label his former teachers at Rosemont High ...
Sixty-four residents of North Central Correctional Complex are being celebrated for completing one or more phases of the Shaping Success for Reentry program. The recent graduation ceremony recognized ...
Pennsylvania is a state that believes in second chances. Recent bipartisan legislation, which I have supported, reflects this commitment. This includes Senate Bill 838 of 2023, which reformed the ...
For Antonia Martinez, criminal charges and depression created a feedback loop that seemed impossible to escape. As an engineering student attending Northern New Mexico College during the coronavirus ...
Inside the Cook County Jail, the sound echoing through Division 3 Annex wasn’t the usual clank of metal doors, it was applause.
North Dakota DOCR Director Colby Braun joins Shining Light staff and the first Academy cohort at Missouri River Correctional Center — to reflect on the journey and the impact the program has in their ...
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WCSC) — The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Reentry Program has helped hundreds of incarcerated individuals prepare for success after their sentence and will now find a permanent home at ...
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County jail program that teaches inmates job skills is getting support to help homeless inmates when they’re released. When inmates leave the Gwinnett County Jail, ...
Camden County is continuing its work to support the formerly incarcerated, celebrating a new Reentry Release Center.
BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday spoke in Bedford County on Monday where he highlighted recidivism among prisoners, that’s the tendency of a convicted criminal to ...
LOCKPORT — A Niagara County Sheriff’s Office correction officer has been recognized as Correction Officer of the Year by the New York State Sheriff’s Institute. The institute has also honored the ...
The county’s Reentry Release Center in Camden has peer specialists who connect people to housing, health care and other social services.