Across Pennsylvania, an estimated 65,459 children have a parent in jail or prison. That’s according to a recent email inquiry to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Nationwide, nearly half of ...

PennLive reporter Joshua Vaughn has been named the Human Rights Champion of the Year by the Pennsylvania Prison Society for his reporting on problems inside the Dauphin County Prison. A recent press ...

POCOPSON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A second community meeting was held Wednesday night for Chester County residents following their two-week ordeal after a convicted killer escaped from prison.

A man incarcerated at Rockview state prison wrote to the county commissioners about the “unintended and reckless impact of potential violence” that he fears some may experience if they are relocated ...

Closing two state prisons has emerged as a way for Pennsylvania to save money and take a step closer to a balanced budget, as lawmakers contend with competing funding priorities and a structural ...

Dywayne Grasty remembers his first summer in SCI Rockview — an aging state prison in Centre County — last year. His 6-inch fan from the commissary that cost him $10.62 only circulated hot air. There ...

Pennsylvania has a prison problem, and it’s not the one most people think. Yes, like most states and like the federal government, the Keystone State has a lot of people behind bars. The most recent ...

Inmates of the Blair County Prison who are filing federal lawsuits to improve their living conditions have turned to yet another source for help — the Blair County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Prison ...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday spoke in Bedford County on Monday where he highlighted recidivism among prisoners, that’s the tendency of a convicted criminal to ...