In 2015, I was in Memphis, Tennessee. I had been invited to speak to a group of young people about making positive life choices. That morning, while getting dressed in my hotel room around 7 a.m., I ...

Nationally, about 43 percent of convicts return to prison within three years, either because they violated their parole or committed new crimes, Smith said. “Offenders leaving prison face a number of ...

In this kitchen, justice is served – and finely chopped. Nearly a dozen ex-cons graduated Monday from the city’s Department of Probation’s inaugural culinary-skills program, part of a range of new ...