the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association (PSCOA), has said it will fight the closures and warned that closing two prisons will endanger officers and inmates. The union said violence ...

Rockview state prison is slated for ... for supervision when compared to modern prison designs. The facility also struggles to accommodate inmates in wheelchairs and has limited cells designed ...

It has about 230 staff and houses about 350 inmates out of a capacity of about 600.All told, state prisons hold just over 38,000 inmates, as of December. That figure has crept up in the past ...

(The Center Square) - The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ... state over $120 million next year. The facilities, SCI Rockview and Quehanna Boot Camp, approximately house a combined 2,500 ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections announced the names of two prison facilities they plan to close— Quehanna Boot Camp and state correctional institute Rockview. Both are located in central ...

(The Center Square) - The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is considering the closure of two facilities, projecting to save the state over $120 million next year. The facilities, SCI Rockview ...

Department of Corrections photo ... full-time staff and house over 2,500 inmates, according to the latest available data. SCI Rockview is also where the state executes prisoners on death row, ...

However, drug reoffending and inmate population continue to rise. A new facility in prison aims to help inmates transition better into the community. Aslam Shah reports.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) said an inmate attempted to escape from a van on Monday. Sean Tomsha, 31, was being taken from Lieber Correctional ...