Study after study shows that prison education programs not only benefit and transform the incarcerated ... I pray that my college education will give me the chance to give back to my community." ...

(WAND) — The Urbana Champaign Books to Prisoners fall benefit sale is back on October ... and there will also be a carry-out service. Organizers say books for sale are not allowed inside prisons.

The inmate's sentence is reduced one day for every three days of community service. The initiative would have multiple benefits. Tax money would be saved by shortening prison stays. The community ...

SANTA CLARA -- A service dog trained ... called "Peaceful Unity Community Coalition." "I want to work with at-risk youth and people recently released from prison to help give them resources ...

He cited a major study in Holland that followed 4,000 former inmates after their release. Half of them had received community service and ... idle and in receipt of benefits, was significantly ...

The internet is a key tool for easing inmates’ re-entry into the community. It is indispensable to any effort to apply for jobs and benefits ... is especially true given that most prisons ...

Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger [F]ewer than 2 percent of Vermont prisoners given extended ... medical services contractor to coordinate with a patient’s physician in the community, Folland ...

DANVILLE — A program in which Montour County prisoners work on community service projects has proven ... "This has been a tremendous benefit for them to get out of the jail and work instead ...

California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners ... Office of Emergency Services to set up a ...