prison system

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania's state prisons announced Monday they will not allow in-person visits for the coming month because their staff has been...

Before Gov. Tom Corbett appointed John Wetzel as secretary of the state Department of Corrections in 2011, the job primarily was about operations. But...

The administration of Gov. Tom Wolf has chosen to close the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh in an effort to cut costs. The closure will b...