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Inmates, family members and nonprofit advocacy organizations have alleged prolonged and ongoing lockdowns, inadequate medical care and staff misconduc...

President Trump made headlines recently for suggesting that Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay, should be reopened to house the worst ...

(Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., to introduce the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against N...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Jail has officially installed a state-of-the-art full-body scanner, thanks to a combination of Congressional Community P...

PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Joan Gabel has selected Dr. Tony Gaskew, professor of criminal justice at the university’s Bradford c...

The Quehanna Boot Camp, located in Clearfield County, opened in 1992 as the first military-motivational boot camp in Pennsylvania for both men and wom...

State lawmakers who represent Clearfield County implore Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to reconsider the closure of Quehanna Boot Camp, an alterna...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A retired developer is appealing directly to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to commute a sentence — for the former Western Penitent...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...

By commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released to home confinement during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden dr...

SMETHPORT — Today, Dec. 14, 2024, marks 131 years since the hanging of Ralph Crossmire. Several years ago, the McKean County Historical Society locate...

SMETHPORT — Two people were sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court on drug charges after arrests by the county drug task force. Jonathan Colts, 39,...

SMETHPORT — A former Bradford woman was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to serve time in state prison for a drug case, and for engineering a...

SMETHPORT — A Duke Center man found to be a sexually violent predator was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to 22 to 44 years in state prison ...

COUDERSPORT — Five civil counts were filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court against Potter County, Potter County Jail employees and UPMC Cole...

JOHNSTOWN — Two residents of Clearfield County, Clint Addleman, 47, and Kris Joseph Nevling, 47, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnsto...

COUDERSPORT — A coalition to help inmates transition from jail to life outside prison walls is gaining momentum and is now ready to develop a strategi...

LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — County lawmakers have condemned the New York State Board of Parole, Gov. Kathy Hochul and other state officials for their role i...

PA: We’ve got some more random facts about Pennsylvania to share. Philadelphia’s infamous Eastern State Penitentiary had indoor plumbing and central h...