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

Pennsylvania officials are closing two state prison facilities to save an estimated $100 million. The closures are attributed to a shrinking inmate population and the high cost of facility upgrades.

Nearly 30 years after his father left the Cambria County Prison, Kurt Wolford took over as warden. He is now pursuing a ...

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 ...

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

POCOPSON TWP., Penn. -- The manhunt continues for a convicted murderer who escaped the Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania. Federal and local law enforcement have been searching ...

Over the course of three years, Carolyn Harper and Donna Martorano became fast friends. The two women, on different sides of Pennsylvania, lived very different lives and shared few similarities. But ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Julie Poehlmann, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Across ...