state correctional institution

May 20, 2021 | 5:29 AM

In-person visits to be reinstated at several Pennsylvania state prisons

The first five state correctional institutions to take steps toward a state of pre-pandemic normalcy were chosen based on vaccination rates, as well as case counts in the prisons.

By Kenny Cooper/WHYY

May 25, 2020 | 5:18 AM

Pa. state prisons will gradually reopen, with COVID-19 testing for transfers and releases

“What we did has clearly put us in a position where we feel like we can start working back to normal, which is our goal."

By Min Xian/SpotlightPA

May 13, 2020 | 5:31 AM

Containing COVID-19 outbreak at SCI Huntingdon, preventing spread outside the prison is a “battle”

“As far as disinfecting goes and everything of that nature, they're using everything within their means to do it."

By Tim Lambert/WITF and Min Xian/SpotlightPA

April 30, 2020 | 5:43 AM

SCI Huntingdon has second-most COVID-19 cases among Pa. state prisons

The Corrections Department said the coronvavirus entered the prison from the community.

By Min Xian/SpotlightPA

January 17, 2020 | 4:11 PM

Gov. Wolf to follow through on plan to close state prison

SCI Retreat, about 10 miles west of Wilkes-Barre, has about 400 employees and about 940 inmates.

By The Associated Press

January 7, 2020 | 8:39 AM

Longtime CentrePeace Director Thom Brewster has died at 63

Thom Brewster is remembered as a leader in the organization’s work to rehabilitate inmates in Centre County.

By Min Xian/SpotlightPA

November 18, 2019 | 5:15 AM

13 prison employees suspended in Pennsylvania inmate death

A Corrrections spokeswoman says the suspension of employees over an inmate death is uncommon.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

October 25, 2019 | 8:22 PM

Tension between DOC and prison staff union flares after hot mic comment

Union leaders interpreted Corrections Secretary John Wetzel’s quiet aside at a prison closure hearing as dismissive.

By Katie Meyer/WITF

October 10, 2019 | 4:33 PM

Pa. prison guard’s fingertip bitten off during inmate attack

Prison officials at Camp Hill State Correctional Institute confirmed an “inmate-on-staff assault” occurred Saturday, resulting in two officers being treated at a hospital.

By The Associated Press

August 18, 2019 | 12:07 PM

An old prison wall in Philly connects inmates to the outside through animated films

By Ximena Conde/WHYY

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