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Starting Monday, certain Pennsylvania residents with state parole warrants can voluntarily surrender and most likely avoid getting sent back to prison for…
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For years, Pennsylvania’s Corrections Department has been grappling with a growing issue: having to dedicate a lot of its budget to caring for aging…
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Conditions in state prison are changing dramatically for the 136 people sitting on death row in Pennsylvania, thanks to a settlement the Department of…
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Thirteen employees at a Pennsylvania state prison have been suspended without pay while the agency investigates the death of an inmate last week.Tyrone…
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Some people entering Pennsylvania’s state-run prisons will soon be able to get medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder.Starting on June…
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Pennsylvania’s incarcerated population is shrinking—down by more than 1,000 people over last year. That’s great news to the increasingly bipartisan…
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The Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed two lawsuits against the state for what it sees as overly restrictive policies on…
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After a rash of incidents that saw prison staff sickened by unknown substances and prompted a 12-day lockdown, Pennsylvania's Corrections Department has…
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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 Allegheny County Jail is still determining how 11 employees got sick over the weekend, prompting a facility-wide lockdown.Between Sunday night and…