Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges Wednesday against two former St Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies closely associated with a private company that ran a work release program for former ...

A federal grand jury is investigating former St Tammany Parish Sheriff Rodney "Jack" Strain and one of the privately-run work release programs he ran, owned by the children of some of Strain's top ...

HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS. FOR A COMPANY THAT MAKES BOXES, ATLAS CONTAINER CORP IS REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE OF ONE. BY HIRING INMATES TO THE WORK RELEASE PROGRAM AND PAYING THEM THE SAME AS OTHER ...

Pilot inmate work-release programs place nonviolent prisoners into paid jobs. Programs cut recidivism, let participants save wages, and secure post-release jobs. Federal seed grants and national ...