Declining inmate populations and costly needed repairs at the aging prisons are cited as reasons for potential closure. While some advocate for closures to consolidate resources for inmates, ...

Pennsylvania officials are closing two state prison facilities to save an estimated $100 million. The closures are attributed to a shrinking inmate population and the high cost of facility upgrades.

Dozens of elderly inmates die of natural causes behind bars each year costing the state millions in medical bills for prisoners who advocates say are too infirm to pose any threat to the public. Forty ...

HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration says Pennsylvania's prison population decreased by 842 inmates last year, the biggest one-year decline in 40 years. Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday the decrease is ...

Last month, hundreds of members of Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association descended on Harrisburg to fight for the future of SCI-Rockview, SCI-Quehanna and the community corrections ...

Closing two state prisons has emerged as a way for Pennsylvania to save money and take a step closer to a balanced budget, as lawmakers contend with competing funding priorities and a structural ...