The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

Like many other students, Jerry Huskey studied for a college accounting final exam Wednesday, the day before Lincoln ...

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Prison programs are helping the public see those behind bars as people and not prisoners and equips them with important life skills, from growing and cooking food to classroom learning to health care.

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 ...

MCLOUD, Okla. — Mabel Bassett Correctional Center is the largest woman's prison in Oklahoma. The prison, located in McLoud, houses the only woman on death row. You might imagine it's a place full of ...