Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Tyrone Broomfield (center) looks through paperwork during a July 26, 2024 Board of Corrections meeting in North Little Rock.

A pair of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators recently questioned the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Colette Peters, about why several faith-based recidivism reduction programs have ...

On a recent Friday in Greenville, a black bus parked outside the Joy Community Center and Soup Kitchen, drawing attention from those arriving for a hot meal. White lettering on the side of the vehicle ...

A new study sought to determine the effects of a college-in-prison program, the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). The study found a large and significant reduction in recidivism rates across racial groups ...

A support system for the Triangle's formerly incarcerated residents expanded this week as Recidivism Reduction Educational Programs and Services unveiled their second mobile support center. The aid-on ...

Activists have unveiled a new mobile recidivism reduction center, the second in Raleigh this year. The non-profit has already reached 3,000 people across three cities in its first 70 days addressing a ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday announced nine appointments to the Legislative Recidivism Reduction Task Force, a newly created panel intended to study and recommend ways of reducing Arkansas' ...

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A Raleigh nonprofit, founded by Raleigh activist Kerwin Pittman, is working to ensure former inmates don't find themselves back in jail. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Raleigh nonprofit, founded by Raleigh ...

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