Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles wildfires, inspiring new laws that will improve their pay and open other opportunities.

It’s been nearly a year since Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure providing what backers called “mass treatment” for those facing certain drug charges.

Doreena Durbin, a former musician turned meditation teacher, has created a transformative prison meditation program in Texas that helps inmates find peace and self-understanding through breathing and ...