Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOSHEN — After unexpectedly losing over $200,000 in state funding, the sheriff’s office hopes to keep two caseworkers who are ...

Judge Phil Naumoff hopes his reentry court can help the formerly incarcerated residents of Richland County find stability. At a recent reentry court graduation in Mansfield, two men stepped up to the ...

The One Heart Project works with kids in the criminal justice system. The group provides counseling, mentorship and job training to help them develop social-emotional skills to create “healthy ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County needs a new main jail — but not until an effective anti-recidivism program has been funded and deployed, a civil panel of local residents found in a new analysis. Each ...

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones said Oklahoma does well in its rate of recidivism, which is defined as the number of inmates who are released from prison but return to state ...

LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - Since 2001, Helping Paws has trained hundreds of service dogs for two Illinois non-profits. Helping Paws is an Illinois Correctional Industries program at Logan ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Okaloosa County Jail officials hope to prepare inmates for success after release by initiating a program called “Anchored.” According to a county press release, the ...

TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. TOGETHER, WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE. >>> IN ILLINOIS, THE CHANCES OF INCARCERATED PERSON WILL RETURN TO PRISON WITHIN THREE YEARS IS HIGH. 42% OF THOSE RELEASED FROM ...

TRAVERSE CITY — The Michigan Department of Corrections announced that the state’s recidivism rate has dropped to a historic low of 21%. State data shows that nearly eight out of every 10 people ...

The Louisiana Department of Corrections overstated savings from 2017 Justice Reinvestment Initiative reforms by more than $200,000 out of about $37.8 million, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor reports ...