A group of 16 men became the first incarcerated students to graduate with a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University through the school's unique Prison Education Program. The graduates are ...

When it axed prison education, Congress saved $35 million — then spent $7 billion to build new prisons. Prompted by an escalating public call for prison reform, in 2020 Congress passed the FAFSA ...

At 54 years old, Darren Wallace is in his second semester of law school at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

President-elect Trump and nominees for his upcoming administration often speak about cutting spending in order to reduce the ...

Years after horrifying abuses and corruption in the Georgia state prison system began to come to light, Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Legislature are taking action. On Tuesday, Kemp released his ...

Criminal justice policy is a case in point. Few could have anticipated that landmark prison reform stymied under prior administrations, even President Obama, would be enacted in President Trump ...

Commentary: New York's prison system must expand its use of cameras, and also must restrict staff members’ ability to turn ...

They spoke about issues related to prison reform and Newsom’s “California model,” which approaches incarceration through the ...

The pressure for reform of prisons continued through Elizabeth Fry in the early 19th century. She was a Quaker, and was outraged at conditions for female prisoners in London’s Newgate Prison.