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The state correctional institution in Fayette County is more than an hour’s drive south of Pittsburgh. And nestled among the forests of the Laurel…
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Pennsylvania corrections secretary John Wetzel remembers that when he toured prisons in Germany and the Netherlands several years ago, it was a…
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Inmates can’t vote. But they can be counted as part of the population in the counties where they’re locked up.In a study released last month, Villanova…
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Hearings have begun in a federal case over whether Pennsylvania’s prison system is violating inmates’ First Amendment Rights.Legal mail is at the center…
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Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections has agreed to treat the state’s nearly 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C over the next three years as part of a…
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Over half of Pennsylvania’s state prisoners end up back behind bars within five years of their release, according to official data. But the state is now…
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Pennsylvania's statewide prison system remains locked down after dozens of employees at different locations became sick over the past month. Department of…
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The Pennsylvania prison system is putting in place new policies on mail handling, visits and detection of drones after a month in which about 50 staff…
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Pennsylvania earned a "D" in a study that grades states based on the way they handle criminal cases from the time defendants are arrested to the time…
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Pennsylvania's newest prison has been formally dedicated near Philadelphia and officials say they will start transferring inmates there this…