With the closure of SCI Rockview in Bellefonte on the chopping block under Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal, local officials expect that a fairly smooth transition will be put in place for the jail ...

Montgomery County is hiring four new staffers for its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, even as DEI initiatives are ...

An inmate at the State Correctional Institute at Phoenix accused of killing his cellmate last year strangled his previous cellmate just 48 hours before the fatal assault, Montgomery County prosecutors ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp, both in ...

The recommendation by Gov. Shapiro's administration comes amid longer-term national trends of shrinking prison populations.

Tam Le, a 53-year-old inmate on death row at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Phoenix, was found unresponsive in ...

While imprisoned and awaiting trial, Nelson was indicted in the killing of another inmate — a charge for which he was never tried. Steven Nelson, 37, and his wife, Helene Noa Dubois, and their ...

SKIPPACK — An inmate on death row at the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix was found unresponsive in his cell and declared dead, authorities announced. Inmate Tam Le, 53, was found ...

He had been serving his sentence at SCI Phoenix since July 17 ... Pennsylvania has not executed an inmate on death row since 1999. Governors Tom Wolf and Josh Shapiro have both implemented ...