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An expansion of federal student aid for the 2023-2024 academic year will cost taxpayers $130 million per year in grants to prisoners for higher education, according to The Associated Press. The…

by RaeLynn Ricarte   A Washington legislator who served time behind bars contends it is time for the state to stop saving millions on the backs of inmates who are paid pennies for work in prison jobs. “This is an evolution of slavery,”…

Comment on this storyCommentFederal Bureau of Prisons employees have frequently subjected women incarcerated in federal prisons across the country to sexual abuse, which the agency then did not properly investigate, according to a Senate…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — From the prison to the playground, 180 bikes that were built inside Ohio’s correctional institutes are now going to foster kids throughout Columbus. “When these things come in, they are ready to roll and…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center have filed a lawsuit challenging the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s (ODRC) policy to garnish wages from…

Some Virginia inmates could see their sentences cut nearly in half under legislation aimed at rewarding good behavior and participation in prison rehabilitation programs.Bills advanced by Democrats in the…