Jacob Rocha spends his days working inside a warehouse surrounded by heavy machinery and wood, tucked in the Rocky Mountains. “Learned the machines, worked my way up, everything just kind of fell in ...
No doubt, prison reform advocates would love to see it. But so far, PolitiFact could find no sign of the prison-to-work program that candidate Barack Obama touted in the campaign. There's nothing like ...
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — What’s long been known as Pheasantland Industries will have a new name next month. Come November 1, the South Dakota Department of Corrections offender-work programs will be ...
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Plans to change the name and make other revisions to work programs in South Dakota’s state prisons are no longer going forward, at least for now. Switching the name from ...
The WorkSource Oregon Reentry program helps people incarcerated in the state work on resumes, map out career goals and even connect with future employers. The program is funded by a roughly $5 million ...
The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and support for people after release. Thomas Van Hoose had been here before. Nearing ...