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Prison Takes In Four New Kitten Residents
Four stray kittens were discovered hungry and covered in fleas in the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in upstate New York. A loving staff came...
Prison Gardens Help Inmates Grow Their Own Food — And Skills
A vibrant movement of prison vegetable gardens is spreading across the country that provides inmates with satisfying work, marketable skills and fresh food to...
Why Can’t This Grandma Stay Out of Prison?
Grandmas, by their very nature, don't want trouble. But 81-year-old SuEllen Fried of Prairie Village, Kansas, has defied that stereotype and brought her sweet,...
Forgiveness Can Set a Prisoner Free and That Prisoner is You
Many of us go through life carrying a grudge, anger, hurt, or disappointment about things that happened during our childhood or at some point...
A Meeting of Minds Between a Judge And the Man He Sent To Prison
A 23-year-old bank robber who stood before a federal judge 13 years ago asking for leniency and vowing to change did change - after...
Prison Inmates Help Abused Cats Become More Adoptable
A program at a Washington state prison is improving the lives of abused cats and also the inmates who now care for them.
Five felines...
Prison Inmates Jump in to Rescue 3 Boys From Raging Creek
Prisoners working in a nearby park jumped into strong moving current to help save three boys floating downstream after their kayak overturned in a...
From Dog Fighting to Prison Pup to Famous Therapy Dog
As Michele Pich took hold of the dog’s leash, the prisoner handed it to her but with one request. “Please, just promise me that...
Prisoners From Rikers Island Deliver Thanksgiving Meals, Pitch In to Help Storm Victims
A group of prisoners at New York City's Rikers Island jail were let out for a day so they could deliver 700 Thanksgiving meals...
Myanmar Frees Political Prisoners as Obama Ends Historic Visit
Myanmar set free dozens of political prisoners Monday in an amnesty that coincided with the historic visit of US President Barack Obama. It was...
DNA Evidence Exonerates 300th Prisoner in the U.S.
A Louisiana man has been released from death row, becoming the 300th prisoner nationwide to be freed after DNA evidence showed he was innocent....
Prisoners Given Rare Assignment to Save Endangered Butterfly
At the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair, Washington, inmates are helping to save the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Under the supervision...
Maya Angelou Program Turns Imprisoned Teens Into ‘Scholars’
Teenagers who are locked up are still entitled to an education. Near Washington, DC a juvenile program for incarcerated youth has turned itself around,...
New Miss America Heals Family Pain of Prison
The nation’s newest Miss America is a 23-year-old Wisconsin brunette who had long conversations with her family mulling whether or not to make her...
Iron Chef in Prison Cooks up a New Future for Filipino Convicts
Convicted murderers and rapists in the Philippines faced off against each other in a prison battle using knives, but also aprons, pots and pans.
Teams...
Syria Releases 500 Political Prisoners in Nod to Arab League Peace Plan
Syrian authorities have released more than 500 prisoners accused of involvement in anti-regime activities, state TV reported Thursday, in what appeared to be another...
Humane Society Pairs Problem Pups With Prisoners
California inmates are helping correct the behavior problems of shelter dogs, a therapeutic exercise that benefits both convicts and canines.
Dogs described as having "limited...
Knitting Circle of Male Prisoners Weave for the Needy
In New Zealand, a knitting circle formed for prisoners is churning out hats, slippers and scarves to donate to those in their community in...
Farming at Leavenworth Prison Trains Inmates, Feeds Needy
A fresh foods program at the Leavenworth Penitentiary has inmates growing a quarter million pounds of produce every year, which produces free healthy food...
Meditation Class Helps Lower Violence at Alabama Prison
Deep inside an overcrowded prison with a reputation for mayhem, former killers and robbers gather regularly in a small room. Eyes closed, they sit...