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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of inmates build license plates, furniture and print materials for government agencies inside the Utah State Prison while gaining job skills aimed at r ...

AmplifiedAg's vertical farms, grown in recycled shipping containers, grow lettuce in water instead of soil. Similar modules will be placed at Camille Graham women's prison later this year.

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 — For the past five years, conversations about prisons and how to manage them have played out as one tumultuous bout of realignment and soul-searching after another for South Dakota’s leaders.

JoyBelle Phelan believes that no one should be reduced to their worst moment. Phelan’s own story is her best proof of the importance of that fierce belief: Her worst moments led to her incarceration – ...

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 struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...