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Cop Drives 770 Miles to Get her Home After Town Rallies to Find Missing Dog
When a teen died in a car crash on spring break, a town came together to rescue her dog, and a police officer drove...
Tim Robbins Has Prison Drama Class That Cuts Recidivism in Half
Actor Tim Robbins has dramatically cut repeat offender rates for prisoners who take his acting class behind bars.
Six out of every 10 inmates in...
Companies are Giving Workers Time Off to Grieve the Loss of a Pet
When Erica Lee’s dog, “the best dog ever,” passed away, his death left a huge hole in the family.
What Erica needed most was some...
She Can’t Decide Which Dogs to Save, So Buys the Entire Horrid Shelter Overseas
When a woman couldn’t decide which dogs to rescue from a rundown shelter, she bought the whole place — and intends to save all 250...
Truffle Hunting Offers New Life for Shelter Dogs in Australia
An Australian farmer is giving abandoned dogs new life as farm hands — and they work for hugs.
Jayson Mesman, who once trained dogs to...
Young Lawyers Visit Shelters and Use Their Skills to Guide Homeless
Homeless youth are probably too focused on survival to make any progress with government or legal paperwork.
That's why a group of young Milwaukee lawyers volunteered...
Man Leaves $3 Million Fortune to Create New Animal Rescue Farm
He was an animal lover who had a dog, six cats, seven chickens, and a parakeet. Now, the Ohio man who had no family...
Convict Learns Law, Wins Own Release, Now Works in Court of Appeals
An inmate who spent nine years in prison for a crime he never committed is now clerking for a federal court after a fellow...
“The Rock” is Proud of the “Better Men” Graduating from Prison Boot Camp
Life in jail, or six months at camp training to become a better person?
For inmates at the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center in...
Anonymous Donor Gives $34 Million to One of California’s Poorest Cities
How does someone give a “transformative” gift to preschoolers and African-American students, low-income renters and ex-prisoners, all at once with the stroke of a...
4 Heroes Given Carnegie Medal for Extraordinary Bravery Saving Lives
Risking your life to save someone else sounds heroic. We'd all like to think we'd do the same thing, but actually jumping into action...
Orange is the New Black Star Coaches Riker’s Ladies to Act Up
Rikers Island has quite a rap sheet these days, but for many of its female inmates, it’s a whole other song and dance—especially when Kate...
Inmates Grow Along With the Gardens They Tend Behind Bars
When a correction officer set out a small garden at the prison where he worked, he may have planted the seeds of a brighter...
Positive Anger Management: More Bruce Banner Than Hulk
When anger rears it’s ugly head it can affect our judgement and thinking. In a state of numbed fury we can say unreasonable and...
John Kitzhaber Grants Clemency to Gang Member Who Made Good in Prison
Before leaving office, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber is freeing a young prisoner, Sang Dao, a move that has enormous support from prosecutors, police, a...
US to Restore Full Relations With Cuba, Erasing Last Trace of Cold War Hostility
President Obama on Wednesday ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the opening of an embassy in Havana for the first...
Photo of the Day – Happy Le Quatorze Juillet Bastille Day!
Today the French National Day of July 14, Fête de la Fédération, commemorates the date 225 years ago when citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison during the French...
Louisiana Death Row Inmate Is Innocent, Freed After 30 years
64-year-old Glenn Ford, Louisiana's longest-serving death row prisoner, walked free Tuesday after spending nearly 30 years behind bars for a murder he did not...
New York Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
Corrections officials in the New York State prison system Wednesday took a major step toward reform by agreeing to new guidelines for the maximum...
Why Can’t This Grandma Stay Out of Prison?
Grandmas, by their very nature, don't want trouble. But 81-year-old SuEllen Fried of Prairie Village, Kansas, has defied that stereotype and brought her sweet,...