HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS. FOR A COMPANY THAT MAKES BOXES, ATLAS CONTAINER CORP IS REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE OF ONE. BY HIRING INMATES TO THE WORK RELEASE PROGRAM AND PAYING THEM THE SAME AS OTHER ...

COVINGTON, La. -- Early Thursday morning, 35-year-old Christopher Ricker escaped from a St. Tammany work release facility called North Shore Workforce in Covington. It was the latest in a string of ...

A Maryland company is filling a need and providing opportunities by hiring inmates at its packaging plant in Severn. Atlas Container Corp., which makes boxes, is really thinking outside of the box by ...

Delaware families of offenders say strict rules at the new work-release site are hurting chances for reentry success.

A federal grand jury is investigating former St Tammany Parish Sheriff Rodney "Jack" Strain and one of the privately-run work release programs he ran, owned by the children of some of Strain's top ...

HE REMAINS FREE ON BOND. IF CONVICTED, DIBIASE FACES POTENTIAL PRISON TIME ON EACH COUNT. AN INMATE WHO ESCAPED FROM LOUISIANA HAS BEEN FOUND IN JACKSON. THE TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF S OFFICE SAYS ...

UPDATE: Thursday, February 19, 2026 @ 2:04 p.m. | BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — According to Andy Malinoski with the West Virginia Division of Corrections, 42-year-old Jason Eddie Pittman remains on the loose.