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Women incarcerated at State Correctional Institution Muncy near Williamsport have been reaching out to raise awareness about water supply issues at the prison, according to advocates.
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Prison staff would have to limit how and when they use things like restraints and solitary confinement.
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There is bipartisan agreement that it’s too hard for people serving life in prison to get out when they are aging and ailing. But two proposals to change that face an uncertain future.
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The program at SCI Muncy will match pregnant inmates with a doula to support them through birth and the postpartum period.
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The Pennsylvania prison system announced it is stopping in-person visits for inmates who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Pennsylvania released a new public dashboard of real-time prison and parole population data Friday, with hopes that making the information available to researchers and legislators can lead to data-driven policies in the future.
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Approximately one-fifth of prison staffers have reported being vaccinated, far less than the roughly half of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania facilities.
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As States Expand Vaccines, Prisoners Still Lack AccessThis week, Florida expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to all residents 16 and older. But across the state, more than 70,000 people still don’t…
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About 10,000 state prison inmates in Pennsylvania fraudulently applied for unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors said in…
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On today's program: Activists are calling on state officials to release certain prisoners to encourage social distancing in jails; IT departments are…