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AWC expands Prison Education Program to offer associate degrees

The expansion comes through a partnership between AWC and the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, building on more than 20 years of certificate programs...

What will the takeover of Arizona’s prison healthcare system look like?

Key points: A court-appointed official will take over Arizona’s prison healthcare system on Oct. 19 The change follows a long-running lawsuit alleging inferior healthcare in the sy...

Arizona asks Supreme Court to block prison health takeover

U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ordered an overhaul in 2023 to correct what she determined were constitutional deficiencies. The post Arizona asks Supreme Court to block pr...

Corrections department wants $130M for prison HVAC

After funding for HVAC projects was discontinued in 2023, corrections officials are state lawmakers to rreplace existing and “inefficient” evaporative coolers, or “swamp coolers,”...

Maricopa County Gets Federal Funds To Help Incarcerated Vets

Supreme Court denies Arizona’s bid to delay start of takeover of healthcare in state prisons

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Arizona's eleventh-hour bid to block the upcoming start of a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in its prisons after the state was...

Louisiana Department of Health announces Medicaid pre-release services for incarcerated individuals

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health announced on Friday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved Louisiana's 115 Reentry Demonstratio...

ODOC Welcomes 47 Cadets

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections proudly announced the graduation of 47 cadets on Thursday, Sept. 24. The graduates will serve at 18 correctional facilities across the state.

US Supreme Court receives arguments about fate of prison healthcare system

Attorneys for Arizona prison inmates are telling the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a last-ditch bid by the state to delay the takeover of its healthcare system. The post US Supreme...

Wichita conference helps those navigating life after incarceration

More than 250 people gathered in Wichita this week for a conference focused on helping people successfully return to their communities after incarceration.

Inside addiction and recovery: A drug rehabilitation center opens in Argentina prison

In crime-stricken Latin America, growing segments in society have been demanding not only tougher penalties for criminals, but also fewer rights for prisoners – even though conditi...

Ninth Annual AZ Drug Summit Unites For Solutions

Does Completing Shock Incarceration Guarantee Early Release in New York?

Completing New York’s Shock Incarceration Program can create an opportunity for early release, but it does not guarantee that every participant will be released immediately. The ou...

Inside the drug court aiming to rehabilitate - not incarcerate

What can you do if you're staring down a sentence for drug driven crime? For most it's prison time, but in Auckland there's another way.

FCRJ leads state in GED graduations as nearly 400 women complete recovery programs

The Franklin County Regional Jail is celebrating major milestones in its substance abuse and recovery programs, with nearly 400 women graduating since 2024.

The Center for Diversion and Services tries to help struggling Atlantans stay out of jail. Is it working?

The Center for Diversion and Services is a hub where people who might otherwise be jailed for nonviolent misdemeanors are directed toward support resources. While the center has fa...

DHS says environmental review of Surprise ICE facility is progressing

Federal officials have apparently chosen a company with no experience conducting environmental reviews to perform one for a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention f...

Texas Is Trying to Punish Its Way Out of a Prison Overdose Crisis

Editor’s Note: This story is the second part of a two-part series supported by the Law & Justice Journalism Project. See part one in the January/February issue. D’Mitri Davis,...

Formerly incarcerated men reach out to change lives inside prison

Frank Davis and Aaron Hicks, creators of ECHO: Every Choice Holds an Opportunity, contend that very little programming for people in prison is led by people of color or by those wh...

Work release program teaches life, job skills

LUXORA — The road along the Leroy Meadows Memorial Highway, just off I-55 in Mississippi County, is a straight and narrow road, which officials at a nearby work release program say...

Tucson’s “Queen of the South” Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison

Board of Regents to discuss extension for Arizona athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois

Brought in to help balance the books, Arizona is now looking to keep Desiree Reed-Francois around a little longer. The Arizona Board of Regents is set to discuss a proposed 3-year...

Fugitive Who Fled to Mexico Sentenced for Phoenix Murder

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes talks reelection during Yuma visit

Secretary Fontes said his top priority for a second term would be getting his office "back to zero." He said the office has been underfunded for years and needs the resources to do...