Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the number of employees working for the Bureau of Prisons. We regret the error. The two of us have spent a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' devastated finances and well-known government dysfunction is claiming another victim: The legally-mandated launch of a promising prison reform program designed to ...

The First Step Act is changing the way that federal prison systems treat prisoners. It increases opportunities for rehabilitation, shortens sentences, and enhances prisoners' rights. The law is a ...

The nonprofit is holding its sixth annual conference this Friday and Saturday Credit: DECARCERATE DecARcerate, a nonprofit that works on prison and criminal justice reform in Arkansas, will host its ...