WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil ...

Marie Scott had been incarcerated since 1973 for felony murder. Gov. Josh Shapiro commuted her life sentence in June.

Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in U.S. jails or prisons. By 2023, that number was roughly 186,000, according ...

County officials said a 53-year-old woman inmate was found dead in her cell at the Cumberland County Prison on Friday, Jan. 2 ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...

WILLIAMSPORT — Six employees of a Harrisburg-based health care provider for prisons have been dismissed from a federal ...

Women’s incarceration has risen dramatically, increasing by more than 600% since 1980, according to a new report from The Sentencing Project. Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in jails or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two women – a staff member and a resident – were killed and at least 19 people remain hospitalized after an explosion and partial ...

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges related to buying stolen human remains from a Berks County man and others. Jeremy Pauley, 43, of Thompson, Susquehanna County, ...