TRENTON -- A prison inmate banned from preaching at the New Jersey State Prison won back that right in a settlement negotiated between the state Attorney General and the American Civil Liberties Union ...

Current and former inmates meet on a weekly basis inside First Christian Church near 66th and Dodge. The meeting is an opportunity to mentor each other and discuss prison reform based on their own ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) – People who have served time in prison sometimes struggle to find support once they are released. Many end up back in the criminal justice system. Forsyth Jail and Prison ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s time many of these men and women can’t get back. Each of them has a different story, but all of them have them have spent time in prison. Thanks to the nonprofit ...

BOSTON — A warden's decision to ban a convicted killer from preaching to fellow inmates violates his right to practice religion behind bars, the prisoner's attorney told a federal appeals court ...

A slug from a .357-caliber Magnum ended Ken Cooper’s 13-year career as a bank robber and started him on the path toward redemption and a network of five prison ministries. Mr. Cooper describes the ...

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Polygamist Warren Jeffs, who is behind bars for child rape, is under investigation for preaching to his cult members on Christmas day from behind prison bars, according to officials. Jeffs, convicted ...

In 1990, Howie Close was an angry and violent 17-year-old Denver punk looking for fights. One night he beat up on a group of Japanese exchange students. New hate crime legislation mandated 75 years in ...

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TRENTON, N.J.TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey prisoner has won a settlement that allows him to preach at services inside the prison. Howard Thompson Jr. is an inmate at the New Jersey State Prison and an ...