Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday ordered the release of 250 political prisoners as part of a ...

Wisconsin was the first state to let some incarcerated people work in the community, allowing them to save money and pay for ...

This Sunshine Week, we’re reflecting on how open government laws shape what the public knows — and what’s at stake when access is limited or denied.

Clearfield County will allow some pre-trial detainees to be eligible for the Clearfield County Jail’s work release program, President Judge Paul E. Cherry announced at Tuesday’s meeting of ...

Lackawanna County commissioners named law enforcement veteran Jason D. Westgate as the county’s next director of community corrections, replacing retired director Norm Maconeghy.

Derek Williams disputes the conclusion of the Wisconsin Parole Commission that he was dishonest. He says the setback slowed his progress toward parole.

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Police are asking for help searching for a woman who escaped her work release program. Naomi Christine Olin was serving a sentence for assault while participating in a felony, ...

GARDEN CITY, Idaho — Garden City Police said a work‑release inmate with the Idaho Department of Correction was taken back into custody Monday after allegedly fighting with and injuring three officers.

Wilmington City Councilwoman Shane Darby addresses a community meeting about the pending closure of the Plummer Correctional Center, which had a prison work release program. (Sarah Mueller/WHYY) What ...

EXCLUSIVE – As former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper runs for the U.S. Senate, the killing of a young woman on a Charlotte light-rail train is triggering renewed scrutiny of a prison-release deal approved ...

ST. PAUL — David Brom, who was convicted of using an ax to kill his parents and two younger siblings in 1988, is moving to a second phase of work release and a step closer to parole. The supervised ...