It hasn’t been easy behind bars for Aaron Benson. So, graduating from college is a step in the right direction towards a better life. Benson is of the 25 inmates in Lancaster prison in California who graduated and received their diplomas at the first-ever prison Cal State graduation ceremony. For […]
The declining crime rates in the US have led to prisons closing and officials looking into creative ways to repurpose them. One such prison from Connecticut has been repurposed into a storage for documents whereas another one is used for training new correction officers. Some have been emptied, but not […]
For the past 8 years, students from the Palma School in Salinas, California participate in a book club at a very unusual location, i.e. the Soledad State Prison. The founders of the book club named Exercises in Empathy, Mia Mirassou and Jim Micheletti said that students go into the prison […]
Italy and Spain are still in lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak whereas the US has declared a state of emergency. The situation in India is not much different- the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has set guidelines on how and when to get into self-quarantine. But, in all […]
In a prison in Indiana, inmates and cats are changing each other’s lives for the better. The Pendelton Correctional Facility has a program which brings cats from shelters to live inside the prison. The inmates take turns taking care for the fluffy cuties. In the prison, the cats are allowed […]
On a recent Wednesday morning, an inmate from the Lovelock Correctional Center was dressed in blue pants and denim shirt while he brushed away his tears during a prison graduation ceremony. The inmate spent several weeks training a dog in the correctional facility and now he gets to give the […]