Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the ...

A new Australian-first study from the Burnet Institute has found that every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for ...

The United States has the largest prison population in the world. At present, over 2 million American adults are incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Aside from having the world's largest prison ...

The program offers college and vocational training to prison inmates and youth at Juvenile Hall in SLO County.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has issued new interactive pages to track the Bureau of Prisons' implementation of two important programs. The U.S. Sentencing Commission released two interactive ...

After serving multiple prison sentences and battling drug addiction for years, Ginny Burton made a decision that completely ...

Canada’s prison needle exchange programs (PNEPs) not only reduce bloodborne infections but also are cost-effective, according to a new study. The results suggest that every dollar invested in current ...