RUSSELL COUNTY, Va--Rising jail costs are affecting counties across the region, but at least one county in Southwest Virginia has a unique program to help. Russell County created a community work ...

KING 5 has learned the head of an embattled King County jail program is fighting to save his job. Nick Masla has been removed from his post as the manager of the King County Community Work Program.

CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (WCHS/WVAH) — Wednesday afternoon the first person was sentenced to Boyd County's new Community Work Program, and officials hope the effort saves money while reducing jail ...

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, Vol. 14, No. 1 (April 2019), pp. 49-62 (14 pages) This article examines South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) as a case study of an attempt to address ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – In February, Washington County, Virginia authorities introduced a new program as an alternative to jail time for non-violent offenders. A release from the Washington ...

MIDLAND, Texas — Keep midland Beautiful will start back up its Community Work Program to help clean the streets of Midland. The organization will be receiving help from Midland County Inmates, that ...

Several Southwest Virginia counties are saving money by putting nonviolent offenders to work rather than sending them to jail. Coordinators of one program say it has saved taxpayers more than $1 ...