VR headsets are ‘hope machines’ inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience

Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand. No passport required, just a virtual ...

Father-daughter dance inside notorious prison changes lives of incarcerated men: "She's my world"

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.
Survival World on MSNOpinion

These unspoken prison rules decide who survives inside, and most outsiders never hear about them

Prison is its own world, complete with unwritten rules that can mean the difference between surviving and facing unimaginable ...

Inside the women’s prison where violent male inmates have their way

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...

Inside the service dog training program at an Illinois women’s prison

Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility ...
WRAL

Inside a Private Prison: Blood, Suicide and Poorly Paid Guards

JACKSON, Miss. — On the witness stand and under pressure, Frank Shaw, the warden of the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, could not guarantee that the prison was capable of performing its most ...
KARE 11

Inside the Stillwater prison as closure draws closer

BAYPORT, Minn. — Minnesota Correctional Facility Stillwater looks the same on the outside as it has for decades, an intimidating brick building on the eastern side of the metro. Inside, though, and it ...
Connecticut Post

Inside a California prison's restaurant, where workers get a second chance

VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Kamiali Abdulsalam, Kami for short, has already been in the kitchen for several hours baking a batch of 100 sugar cookies when he pulls out chilled dough for another round — ...
WBEZ

Living through the holiday season, behind prison walls

It is not often that you get to attend a Christmas party for dogs inside of a prison. But the producers of WBEZ’s “Prisoncast!” bring you the sounds of just such a celebration on this year’s holiday ...