Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration believes shutting down two state prisons could save more than $100 million per year in taxpayer funds, avert the need for costly upgrades and plug ...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey W. MacArthur, in a filing Monday, cited a note found in the sock of Abdulraham el Bahnasaway ...

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While being held in a Pennsylvania prison following his arrest for allegedly shooting a health insurance executive dead on a Manhattan street, Luigi Mangione opened up to corrections officers about ...

Concerned over unsanitary food conditions in correctional facilities, Representatives Nathan Davidson, Dave Madsen, and Ben ...

Carolyn Harper wants to use her portraits of incarcerated people to end Pennsylvania's "death by incarceration" sentences.

Declining inmate populations and costly needed repairs at the aging prisons are cited as reasons for potential closure. While some advocate for closures to consolidate resources for inmates, ...