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 ...

Concerns about employees and economic impact have been widespread since the state Department of Corrections announced it plans to close Rockview, but prison advocates say there are other factors to ...

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

Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration is recommending the closure of a state prison and a boot camp, as well as 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, ...

Slick Willie” Sutton climbed over the castle-like walls of the old Holmesburg prison, marking his first successful escape ...

His State of the Judiciary speech on Monday further marked Judge Wilson’s departure from his predecessors. The second-look bill would allow people serving prison terms of 10 years or longer to ...

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 ...