President Obama has made progress helping ex-cons return to society, but he hasn't created the sweeping program he promised. In 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder held the first meeting of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Three men who each faced significant hurdles rebuilding their lives after exiting prison say Cuyahoga County must better support people transitioning back into society if it wants to ...

Signaling a new era in the landscape of reentry and rehabilitation,Recidivism Reduction Educational Program Services, Inc.

Kerwin Pittman is the Founder and Executive Director for Recidivism Reduction Educational Programs Services, Inc., and he’s ...

Kerwin Pittman, a former inmate, has purchased the old Wayne County prison with plans to transform it into a reentry center ...

Citizen Potawatomi Nation offers re-entry services blending Native traditions with support to help Indigenous inmates reintegrate and reduce recidivism.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- State corrections officials are searching for a prisoner who walked away from a community reentry program in Los Angeles on Sunday six months before he was due for parole.

The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and support for people after release. Thomas Van Hoose had been here before. Nearing ...

BISMARCK — A set of bills with the backing of North Dakota’s governor could help reduce recidivism and support recovery for inmates while addressing overcrowding in jails and prisons. “The bottom line ...

Kerwin Pittman once walked the halls of prison as an inmate, but now he’s planning on turning his own prison into a place of ...