John Wetzel

Pennsylvania Corrections Secretary John Wetzel is soon leaving the job he’s held for a more than decade.

The Pennsylvania prison system announced it is stopping in-person visits for inmates who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

On today’s program: Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel explains how the department is bringing back in-person visits at state prisons, and the preventative measures in place to reduce COVID-19 outbreaks; the participant in a breakthrough study explains how he can "feel" some sensations through his robotic arm; and a new program is helping people earn more based on their skills, and not just education.

On today's program: The state prison system grapples with social distancing for staff and inmates; a look at our region’s health care system and its…

People urging Gov. Tom Wolf's administration not to close Retreat State Prison will get a second chance to be heard after a microphone picked up…

On today's program: New prison parole policies could follow in the wake of recent homicides; a deadly mosquito-born virus has moved into Pennsylvania;…

The Department of Corrections is recommending policy changes following five incidents where people were killed, allegedly by parolees.The recommendations…

Over 2,600 inmates at an 89-year-old Pennsylvania prison are being transferred to a new, long-delayed facility about a mile down the road.The first phase…

Pennsylvania Corrections Secretary John Wetzel began his criminal justice career in 1989, just as the commonwealth's prison population began to balloon.It…

The state House has passed a bill to keep certain drug and violent crime offenders in prison longer.House Bill 741 makes legal fixes to reinstate a number…