Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Visiting San Quentin, California’s oldest prison once home to a gas chamber used to execute inmates on the nation’s largest death row, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday touted a ...

Los Angeles-based nonprofit Creative Acts is using virtual reality headsets to help prepare for life outside prison walls.

Enrique Sandoval, Daniel Arciniega and Eleazar Alicantar learn English language skills in class at San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday. In March 2023, Gov. Newsom announced a plan to transform the ...

When you picture a prison cell, computers, internet connections, and video calls probably aren’t the first things that come to mind. Yet inside the walls of Catalonia’s correctional facilities, ...

CHOWCHILLA, California — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half of his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. For almost as long, he’s been striving to make himself a better man than when he arrived. He has ...

Chris Koon didn’t read the fine print. Sitting in the Cenikor Baton Rouge rehab center’s intake office in 2015, flanked by his mom and grandmother, he signed where told. “A lot of it read like ...

Colby Braun, director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Heart River Correctional Center on April 2, 2025. (Michael ...

Uzbekistan hosts national training on international standards for treatment and rehabilitation of people with drug use ...