A Bulter County native who was imprisoned in Russia for more than three years is back in the Pittsburgh area. Officials ...

Centre County commissioners are stepping up lobbying efforts in hopes of keeping the Rockview State Prison open.The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recen ...

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

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) announced on Monday the confirmation of four proposed facility closures.

(WHTM) – Pennsylvania’s corrections officer vacancy rate has dropped below 5% following efforts to recruit new officers. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says the vacancy rate ...

The Bureau of Prisons stopped reporting the number of transgender incarcerated people and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed lessons on building supportive school environments ...

FARMINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A Pennsylvania man was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 months in prison for defrauding his former employer of more than $1.4 million. James Keating, 52, was the assistant ...

Some 9,000 to 10,000 battle-hardened ISIS fighters, along with their families, sit in makeshift prisons in Syria. They are overseen by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in camps set up during the war ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order reversing former President Joe Biden's ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Along with this, Trump also signed an executive ...

A Lancaster man who broke into two homes on the same day, attempting to rape one of the residents, has been sentenced to state prison, the Lancaster District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Jan ...