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’s prison system is looking to expand its model “Little Scandinavia” unit — which aims to create a more humane ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections noted in an email to WTAJ that Turner has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the investigation. The Department of Corrections added that ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ... As of Dec. 31, only about 82% of beds in the prison system were filled. Even if Rockview and Quehanna were closed, the DOC memo said there would ...

Venezuelan man Cesar David Martinez-Gonzalez was sentenced to 36 months in prison for his role in a migrant smuggling ...

ALLENWOOD, Pa. — A man serving time in a central Pennsylvania federal prison for lying in his immigration paperwork is a convicted war criminal who may soon find himself back in the Balkans ...