Pennsylvania’s state prisons are in the middle of a full-on Suboxone surge. In roughly two years, the number of people behind bars getting the medication has jumped from about 1,800 to more than 5,000 ...

As budget hearings got underway last week, Pennsylvania state lawmakers questioned officials with the state Department of Corrections about why they deserve a budget increase, even after deciding to ...

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 ...

Rockview state prison, Pennsylvania’s second-oldest, has officially ceased operations after 111 years in Centre County. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration pushed the closure through despite bipartisan ...

The upcoming podcast “Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison” investigates the crisis of aging prisoners in Pennsylvania. Caption: The podcast “Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - State prisons in the United States became more violent and nearly 50% deadlier over the past five years as authorities struggled to keep enough guards on the job, ...