SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday afternoon to reform California's inmate firefighter program. "Inmates who have stood on the frontlines battling historic fires should ...

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocates for prison reform were in Albany on Tuesday, calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Act into law. The bill would require correctional facilities to ...

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In the aftermath of these high-profile killings, some police officers, district attorneys and politicians were quick to use them as examples to show that criminal justice reform had let dangerous ...

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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two days after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison left three men dead and more than a dozen injured, two former Georgia inmates say the violence was not an isolated ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — The son of the man who was beaten to death in Marcy Correctional Facility called on the governor to sign a package of prison reform bills – one day after one officer was found ...

BOISE, Idaho — Dozens of Idaho inmates have suffered unchecked sexual abuse by women’s prison guards and faced retaliation when they spoke up. As Idaho officials promise to review problematic policies ...

Editor’s note: “Guarded by Predators” is an investigative series exposing rape and abuse by Idaho’s prison guards and the system that shields them. Find the ...