26 Ex-Inmates Share How Prison Is Different From What People Outside Of It Imagine

Most of us only know what prison life looks like thanks to movies and TV shows — and those tend to exaggerate almost ...
ABC7

Female inmates learn new skills through in-prison apprenticeship program

CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- An in-prison apprenticeship program in Corona is giving female inmates the tools they need to build a better life upon release. The California Institution for Women held a ...
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'It is not for the weak': People who work in prisons are opening up about what prison life actually looks like

"I've learned that the differences between right and wrong, good and evil are not as stark as we would like to believe. That good people can do bad things. That bad people can do good things." View En ...
Kentucky Today

FBC Mt. Washington women’s group brings Christmas cheer to children of Bullitt County inmates

For the past 15 years, a group of women from First Baptist Church in Mt. Washington has shared Christmas joy with the ...
Tucson Weekly

Female inmate firefighters build character but often can’t use fire skills after release

Lynette Sandoval has kept the picture of her fire crew standing with Gov. Doug Ducey. Outside Perryville Prison, the women wear firefighting uniforms just as any public or private firefighters would, ...

Prison Workers Are Revealing The Realities Of Life Behind Bars, And I'm Shocked I Didn't Know A Lot Of This

"I've learned that the differences between right and wrong, good and evil are not as stark as we would like to believe. That ...