The New England man was previously convicted and sentenced on charges related to child sex abuse materials in 2017, 2022 and ...

Senator Sal DiDomenico recently joined a Department of Corrections (DOC) simulated training, hosted by Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to experience the journey navigated by ...

Sacco and Vanzetti are interred, not in a tomb — their bodies were cremated shortly after their executions — but in an archive, a testament to a radical tradition and the first Red Scare which sought ...

Rockview state prison is slated for closure under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, a proposal ...

I don’t know what to say other than I am shocked,” Benner Township Supervisor Kathy Evey said. “It could have a significant ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration is recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp, both in ...

The Department of Corrections also wants to shut down two state-run Community Corrections Centers, one of which is in Berks County.

Public defender, DA, judge joined to help Matthew J. Schweichler, who is mentally disabled, mentally ill but also violent, ...

Police found the body of a 65-year-old man “wrapped in a white-and-blue covering, secured with duct tape, and affixed with weights” on his houseboat in Charlestown on Sunday, prosecutors said ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A big rally Saturday outside Vermont’s only women’s prison. State officials are looking to build a new facility but some believe prison’s are not the answer.