A first-of-its-kind orientation inside the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center last month helped illuminate what California can do to keep its prison population decreasing if lawmakers approve a budget ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Rep. Brian Mulder, R-Sioux Falls; Rep. Erin Healy, D-Sioux Falls; Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen; and Rep. Erik Muckey, ...

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

Last year, lawmakers coalesced around the need to improve rehabilitation programming and reduce recidivism rates as part of a broader investment in South Dakota’s prison system. Those two issues were ...