An inmate at SCI Smithfield was found unresponsive Friday and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. According to Kenneth Shea, acting superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at ...

The murder trial is underway for a state prison inmate at SCI Phoenix in Montgomery County, accused of beating and choking ...

An inmate at SCI Smithfield was pronounced deceased after being found unresponsive in a cell, acting superintendent Kenneth ...

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections say a 36-year-old inmate has died after being found unresponsive in ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil suit of ignoring the mental health needs of a female inmate from Schuylkill ...

GREENSBURG, PA – A Huntingdon County man has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to ...

LATROBE, Pa. — A man has been sentenced for raping a teen in Westmoreland County. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s ...

After Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Ranger played graphic videos depicting the abuse of a dog in court Tuesday, she ...

Women’s incarceration has increased 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 prisons in the ...

A Huntingdon County duo was arrested on New Year’s Eve after a traffic stop that resulted in a man being tased before drugs were found on him, according to police. Damien Lamar Hunter, 48, of ...

A 65-year-old man died late last week at Lancaster County Prison, according to authorities. John Bigley Jr., who was admitted to the prison on the evening of Jan. 1, died the next day, officials said ...

A man who repeatedly drove while disqualified and under the influence of drugs has been sent to prison. Christopher Doe, 49, of Little Farthing Close, St Ives, was first stopped by police in July ...