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Yvonne Newkirk would talk to her 60-year-old brother Edward Ball on the phone almost every day. He was serving time at a state prison in Luzerne County,…
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An Allegheny County Jail sergeant used excessive force on three female former inmates, one of whom was pregnant, with psychiatric disabilities, according…
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A task force set up three years ago issued recommendations Wednesday about how to improve the process of reentering outside society among prisoners who…
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A PA Post investigation into the costs of religious books and other materials prompted a national religious liberties organization to demand that six…
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The state House is moving a raft of bills aimed at making prison guards safer by, among other things, establishing longer sentences for inmates who…
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Conditions in state prison are changing dramatically for the 136 people sitting on death row in Pennsylvania, thanks to a settlement the Department of…
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All four inmates who overpowered two female corrections officers and escaped from a county jail in Ohio were caught Monday in North Carolina after more…
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Hatred manifests itself in flyers distributed in certain neighborhoods, in internet postings, and as Pittsburghers know too well--through violent, even…
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An annual card-making event in Philadelphia was filled with holiday cheer, but some people were crafting greetings they say are meant for “a big, bad…
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Veterans serving time in the Allegheny County Jail will now have their own specialized resources and residential section. The pod opened last month, and…