Across Pennsylvania, an estimated 65,459 children have a parent in jail or prison. That’s according to a recent email inquiry to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Nationwide, nearly half of ...
BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday spoke in Bedford County on Monday where he highlighted recidivism among prisoners, that’s the tendency of a convicted criminal to ...
Dywayne Grasty remembers his first summer in SCI Rockview — an aging state prison in Centre County — last year. His 6-inch fan from the commissary that cost him $10.62 only circulated hot air. There ...
Closing two state prisons has emerged as a way for Pennsylvania to save money and take a step closer to a balanced budget, as lawmakers contend with competing funding priorities and a structural ...
POCOPSON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A second community meeting was held Wednesday night for Chester County residents following their two-week ordeal after a convicted killer escaped from prison.
Pennsylvania has a prison problem, and it’s not the one most people think. Yes, like most states and like the federal government, the Keystone State has a lot of people behind bars. The most recent ...
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