Spotlight PA is an independent ... But lawmakers questioned how such a substantial increase was needed after the prison system promised savings following the closure of two facilities in 2017 ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has joined a bipartisan coalition of 26 state attorneys general in urging Congress to pass federal legislation that would allow states to ...

David Kustoff of Tennessee reignited their push Wednesday to prevent incarcerated people from using contraband cellphones ...

Not every facility has faced the same fate. One became a popular museum, while others have been sold or are set for costly ...

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — The head of the state prison system says they want to hear from the public in response to the announcement that they may close the Rockview state prison and the ...

During a hearing on Monday, State Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (R-Fayette) asked Secretary Laurel Harry of the PA Department of Corrections whether she had concerns that more prisoners in fewer ...