SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Eligible Caddo Correctional inmates once again can leave the lockup five days a week to go to work at a job off site. The Caddo Sheriff’s Office resurrected its work-release ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- This week, the work release program at the Caddo Correctional Center added a few more participants. There are 10 inmates coming and going daily to be able to put in hours at a job ...

A federal grand jury is investigating former St Tammany Parish Sheriff Rodney "Jack" Strain and one of the privately-run work release programs he ran, owned by the children of some of Strain's top ...

More participants are joining a program that aims to provide more of a productive transition for jail inmates a few years away from release in Caddo Parish. At Caddo Correctional Center, the program ...

TROUP COUNTY, Ga. - Troup County deputies are searching for an escaped inmate. Officials say 43-year-old Broderick Brown is part of the Troup County Work Release Program. However, he failed to return ...

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

Erie County government used inmates to remove snow in December without judicial approval. The county executive defended the program, stating it used "low-risk" inmates and followed internal vetting ...

KENTWOOD, La. — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office (TPSO) says a work release inmate who walked off a job site on Thursday morning is back in custody. Officials said they will release additional ...

On a special episode (first released on January 9, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: The practice of profiting from prison labor, both inside prisons and outside for private industries is complex and ...

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 ...