The Little Scandinavia program at the SCI Chester Correctional Facility in Chester has been so successful, one state ...

On This Week in Pennsylvania, host Dennis Owens talks to State Rep. Paul Takac (D-Centre), whose district covers Penn State ...

The penal systems in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are internationally known for their focus on rehabilitation and reintegration ...

Indiana, provided a grim assessment of prospects for a 2025-26 state budget at the end of three weeks of hearings in his chamber as ...

The Gloucester County attorney is accused of using folders to smuggle the items into the prison, officials said.

A Lockwood woman, formerly from Bradford County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to serve time in state prison after she was found guilty of attempting to deal ...

Legislation recently proposed by freshman U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., seeks to restore a sense of balance by ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to recruit federal workers for job openings in the state’s workforce.

With 3 of 21 Hertel & Brown defendants going to trial, defense raises concerns about pretrial publicity. Prosecution refers to Erie pizza bomber case.

The Board of Pardons reopened the case after opposition from the victim’s family arrived two months after its first vote.

Pennsylvania’s secretary of the Department of Corrections, Dr. Laurel Harry, discussed the proposed closure of two state ...

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