Correctional

A Cook County Jail correctional officer and a Chicago Public Schools teacher were arrested this week — in separate incidents – for allegedly trying to bring drugs into the jail.

Brad Douglas was at a crossroads. Serving a six-month jail sentence, without much hope and weighing a bloated 281 pounds, the 31-year-old Knoxvillian needed a helping hand, some direction and maybe a goal.

By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - Three northwest Ohio community corrections institutions have been put on notice that recidivism rates for offenders coming out of their programs are too high, and they run the risk of losing state fun

By Kyle Mianulli Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:22 p.m. Students, faculty and education supporters united despite boundaries of time and space on March 4, 2010, in a concerted demonstration of discontent with the current state of public education in America.

An increasing number of prisoners at Swedish correctional facilities are taking the chance to study, with a near doubling in completed courses from 2007 to 2009.