Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the ...

A new Australian-first study from the Burnet Institute has found that every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has issued new interactive pages to track the Bureau of Prisons' implementation of two important programs. The U.S. Sentencing Commission released two interactive ...

The United States has the largest prison population in the world. At present, over 2 million American adults are incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Aside from having the world's largest prison ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - For the past five years, conversations about prisons and how to manage them have played out as one tumultuous bout of realignment and soul-searching after another for ...

A prison program in Maryland is helping women prepare for successful re-entry while crafting symbols of freedom.

A new program in Missouri allows people serving time in prison to earn a tattoo license while also reducing the risk of infections and illness from contraband tattoos.