The Pennsylvania Prison Society, an organization that advocates for the health, safety and dignity of incarcerated people, is sounding the alarm about the rising number of in-custody deaths throughout ...

The cause of death for a Lancaster County Prison inmate who died in March was found to be acute fentanyl toxicity, the ...

SOMERSET, Pa. – Whether state prison inmate Paul Jawon Kendrick will spend his future on death row for a prison sergeant’s ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jamal Townsend, 35, an inmate at FCI Schuylkill, was indicted on March 27, by a federal grand jury on a ...

Chaz Lowery, 27, was found dead in his cell on March 15. According to a report, his family is questioning how he was able to ...

This is putting budget gimmickry above the safety and quality of life of our brave corrections employees, their families and ...

The future of two local correctional facilities remains uncertain as the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections considers ...

Articles highlighted the economic concerns, such as the $118 million yearly loss estimated in Centre, Clinton and Clearfield ...

Another impact that the lawmakers are concerned about is the lack of resources available to inmates if the proposed closures ...

WJAC provides news, weather and sports information for Johnstown, Altoona, State College and DuBois, Pennsylvania. Our ...

What's it like to be trans while incarcerated in Pennslyvania prisons? Organizations like Hearts on a Wire help us understand ...