Prison to prosperity: How a non-profit is creating opportunities for people re-entering society
Channel 9′s Erica Bryant found a local non-profit in Charlotte offering training and funding to those re-entering society ...
Rapper-turned-advocate uses his prison experience to help teens avoid life of crime
Pace now helps mentor incarcerated youth through the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project. One of those youths is 26-year-old ...
A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from Egyptian prison, one day of hunger at a time
But as she slumped in a folding chair outside the gates of the British prime minister’s office on day 129 of a hunger strike, ...
Damien McDaniel wants transfer from prison to aid in defense in multiple mass shooting trials
Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff Chief Assistant District Attorney Lane Tolbert previously said they were fortunate to obtain ...
Elizabeth Holmes dishes on ‘hell and torture’ of prison life in first interview since fraud conviction
Holmes is serving a reduced sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas for fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse ...
Top Judge Favors a Second Chance for Those Languishing in Prison
Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...
Worcester organization that helps formerly incarcerated people left out of Healey budget
The well-stocked pantry can members and their families get past a financial rough patch; a supply closet can help them ...
Changing prison culture and people’s lives through prison newspapers
They were prospective applicants for CCWF’s pioneering new newspaper, put together in a newsroom next door, and Vasquez told ...
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Need help finding a job after being incarcerated? Check out this guide.
The federal government estimates that for every four people released from incarceration, three will still be looking for a ...
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The Pollen Initiative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivated prison newspapers and media centers, so that incarcerated people can shed ... of journalism help with personal development?
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Health care is key for youths getting out of prison. A new law helps them get it
It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...
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Lamont proposes criminal justice cuts: free messages for CT inmates, public defender access at stake
The governor signed off on it. Now we're killing it? The whole point was to help incarcerated people stay connected with their families." Jeff Beckham, the governor's budget chief, said ...