A Northumberland County man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in what a federal judge called one of the most heinous ...

The state Department of Corrections is in the process of expanding a pilot housing program modeled after more humane prisons in Scandanavia to three additional prisons, the agency disclosed Thursday, ...

A Lothian man admitted to having sex with a 15-year-old girl, prosecutors said. He was sentenced to over a decade in prison.

A Hazle Township man is accused of keeping and training eight American pit bull terriers in order to engage in dog fighting.

BUFFALO- Anthony Neubauer, 39, of Falconer, who was convicted of aiding and abetting a kidnapping, was sentenced to serve 20 ...

A Pittsburgh-area attorney is suing the group 814 Pred Hunters, local police and the Jefferson County District Attorney, ...

BERKS COUNTY, Pa. — Governor Josh Shapiro says he will use every legal and regulatory option available to stop two proposed ...

An Erie man has been suspended without pay from his job as a corrections officer trainee after being accused of drugging and raping a woman.

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia doesn’t just stare—it practically reaches out and taps you on the shoulder with ...

Dauphin County man sentenced to up to 40 years for murder, illegal firearm possession ...

“It's going to take a while before any definite decisions are made.”That's the response from the state's Department of Corrections on the future of thousands of ...