Nearly a dozen dogs have been through a unique training program that works to help shelter dogs, along with inmates at the Allen Gamble Correctional Center. In the “Pen Pals” program, dogs stay with ...

its Pen Pals program after graduating its 100th class and training 1,001 dogs over the past 20 years. Pen Pals program rescues unwanted, neglected and abandoned dogs with the assistance of Allen ...

HOLDENVILLE, Okla. - Unwanted, abandoned and on the verge of being put down, nearly a dozen shelter dogs are ready to graduate from a unique program. These new graduates went to "school" behind the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The state Department of Corrections said Tuesday it will ban inmates from soliciting pen-pals over the Internet after discovering that some offenders used the relationships ...

WESTVILLE -- Westville Correctional Facility inmates who have cash -- called "green money" by those behind bars -- can buy illegal items like tobacco, marijuana and alcohol from contractors, prison ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Prison officials and victim advocates are warning Internet users to stay away from Web sites encouraging correspondence with prison inmates. One of the latest trends in ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a complaint from pen-pal services that challenged a Florida policy banning inmates from advertising themselves on the online sites. The ...

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Conversation can change lives. That’s something Marshalls Creek resident Barbara Widmark has learned. For over 30 years, she’s written to inmates at prisons around the ...

A Florida woman who was sentenced to life in prison for helping her ex-boyfriend Charlie Adelson carry out a murder-for-hire plot is now hoping to find a connection while behind bars. Katherine ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Girls Inc. is wrapping up its summer programming, and one activity brought young girls and members in our community together through letter writing. It was another successful year ...