Women Lifers at Muncy Prison” investigates the crisis of aging prisoners in Pennsylvania. Caption: The podcast “Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison” investigates the health issues of ...

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 ...

An inmate advocacy group has acknowledged improvements at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility but also expressed concern about the number of hours inmates are left in their cells and reports of ...

“This isn’t putting money above public safety. It’s even worse,” Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association’s president writes.

Inmates of the Blair County Prison who are filing federal lawsuits to improve their living conditions have turned to yet another source for help — the Blair County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Prison ...

As budget hearings got underway last week, Pennsylvania state lawmakers questioned officials with the state Department of Corrections about why they deserve a budget increase, even after deciding to ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has one of the highest recidivism rates in the nation. That’s why its decision to close the Quehanna Boot Camp last month, the state prison with the ...

The Pennsylvania Prison Society has named Matt Dugan, a former chief public defender for Allegheny County, as its first Western Pennsylvania region director. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the Prison ...