COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — On Christmas Day last year, Andrew Lansing, an officer at Chillicothe’s Ross Correctional Institution, was assaulted and killed by inmate Rashawn Cannon. Now, Andy’s Law, a ...

New research from Grinnell College finds that well-intentioned prison education programs may have unintended outcomes.

Roughly one in four inmates in Virginia are waiting to enroll in prison education programs — a backlog that state officials say could hinder rehabilitation and reduce chances of success after release.

Few states offer inmates the opportunity to earn a college degree. May 27, 2013— -- Right now, taxpayers spend up to $70 billion each year to house the nation's two to three million prisoners.

Martel Stevens, a participant in the R.I.S.E. program, cuts customer Buck Francis’ hair on Monday, July 28, 2025. The program trains inmates in barbering and cosmetology so they have job-training ...

Eighteen Kent State University students earned their associate's degrees as inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution ...

When Donte Small was locked up for six and a half years on an assault charge a few months after he graduated high school, he thought his education had come to an end. But by the time he was released ...

Wayne State University's new Prison Education Program launches this fall at the Macomb Correctional Facility, making the Detroit university the newest member of the Michigan Consortium for Higher ...

Close to 200 people are expected to start the Prison Education Program, known as PEP, at three prisons across the state this August, signifying growth for a program that aims to give second chances to ...