A former Altoona Water Authority official this week suggested at a City Council meeting that Altoona should try to persuade the county to consider a tract of industrial land at the corner of 17th ...

A fentanyl overdose caused the death of a 27-year-old man who was found unresponsive in his jail cell last month at Lancaster ...

The future of two local correctional facilities remains uncertain as the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections considers ...

Residents, corrections officers and lawmakers all had the chance to express their thoughts on the proposed closure of SCI ...

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia stands as a magnificent ruin, a Gothic fortress that looms over the city like something straight out of a nightmare – but the kind of nightmare you can’t ...

Forget sandy beaches and crowded theme parks – the most unforgettable spring break destination might just be a crumbling prison in Philadelphia where the walls quite literally talk back.

Philadelphia's jail population has reached its lowest level in recent memory — the result of a behind-the-scenes effort that ...

Scammers claim that due to prison overcrowding, an inmate has been approved for release with an ankle monitor... and here's ...

Miranda Barbour, 30, made the allegation in a suit filed in U.S. Middle District Court against 11 officials at the women’s prison including the alleged perpetrator Kenneth Jones. Barbour ...

A Lancaster man will spend at least five years in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman and her two children in July 2024, according to the county district attorney’s office.

MANY HELD SIGNS THAT SAID THINGS LIKE SAVE OUR PRISONS. THE SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. PENNSYLVANIA STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT JOHN ECKENRODE SAYS THE PLAN TO CLOSE ...

A lawsuit filed by a Muslim prisoner at the State Correctional Institution at Albion has prompted the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to "significantly improve religious meal accommodations ...