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As officials consider releasing some inmates to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on Pennsylvania prisons, county prosecutors are telling lawmakers that…
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On today's program: The state prison system grapples with social distancing for staff and inmates; a look at our region’s health care system and its…
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Ever since Cindy Keller’s son, Matthew, was locked up for a second time this past November in Lebanon County Correctional Facility, she worries about how…
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Josh Inklovich knows what it’s like to be in prison. And he wants to help others avoid the same fate.Inklovich, 43, said that as a teenager and young…
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Eric Boyd has been there: a writer behind bars. Starting in 2010, he says, he spent nine months in Allegheny County Jail. He’d taken a plea deal on…
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Hatred manifests itself in flyers distributed in certain neighborhoods, in internet postings, and as Pittsburghers know too well--through violent, even…
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From humble beginnings — there wasn't even a marathon in Pittsburgh in 2008 — CEO and race director Patrice Matamoros says she put her whole heart into…
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Pennsylvania's prison system is banning all tobacco products inside every facility's secure perimeter, starting July 1.Corrections Secretary John Wetzel…
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Why are so many Pa. prison inmates committing suicide?Stephen Leonardo is no mental-health expert; he's just an inmate who was assigned to janitorial duty…
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After concerns that inmates were receiving drugs along with their literature, Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections is in the middle of overhauling the…