The United States has the largest prison population in the world. At present, over 2 million American adults are incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Aside from having the world's largest prison ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has issued new interactive pages to track the Bureau of Prisons' implementation of two important programs. The U.S. Sentencing Commission released two interactive ...

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 ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - 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 ...

TEXARKANA, Texas - Texarkana College is expanding its prison education programs for incarcerated students. The college already has a prison program funded by the state, but thanks to new federal ...

Piedmont Virginia Community College is expanding its prison education program, thanks to a grant from the Mellon Foundation. The Higher Education in Prison program serves approximately 120 ...