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Wisconsin was the first state to let incarcerated people work in the community, letting them save money and pay for room and ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Summer 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. Prisons across the country have record high staff vacancies. It’s no wonder why. It’s hard to recruit ...

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] COLLINS, N.Y. (WKBW) — In February, corrections officers across New York State took ...

Talib Muwahhid has a knack for woodworking, and over the years, he’s tinkered with a variety of different projects. “I was making things like little chess sets and storage boxes and stuff out of ...

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Wisconsin was the first state to let some incarcerated people work in the community, allowing them to save money and pay for room and board. Today, prisoners say there aren’t nearly enough of ...