The process is expected to be carried out over four months, and estimates say it could save taxpayers tens of millions of ...

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) announced they will be hosting a job fair later this month. According to DOC, later this month on Tuesday, July 29, they ...

Meechanicsburg, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) announced today that it will close the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Rockview and the Quehanna Boot Camp after ...

Recently-hired corrections officers at a Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution were allegedly sexually assaulted by a ...

Pennsylvania leaders have decided to close two of the commonwealth's prison facilities, a decision they say will save taxpayers $100 million in future years and reflects a shrinking population at the ...

The state Department of Corrections Wednesday said it is taking “aggressive measures” to address staff and inmate safety within the state prison system. The department said in a news release that it ...

Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel on Monday announced that he has implemented a statewide inmate quarantine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after the department received notice ...

The lawsuit challenged a 2023 policy change that required inmates to choose meals from the regular menu, which lacked religiously significant options. The settlement agreement expands religious ...

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — The future of two local correctional facilities remains uncertain as the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections considers their closures. Community members and local ...

HARRISBURG — A final report by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections concluded that the commonwealth should move forward with the closures of SCI Rockview and the Quehanna Boot Camp as previously ...

Dozens of sharp-tongued people pleaded Tuesday with top Pennsylvania Department of Corrections administrators to back off the agency’s proposed closure of Rockview state prison. Secretary Laurel R.

Advocates for Mumia Abu-Jamal say that he is at risk of going blind and blame Pennsylvania corrections officials for delaying surgery to address the issue. “He fought back against impossible ...