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Dywayne Grasty remembers his first summer in SCI Rockview — an aging state prison in Centre County — last year. His 6-inch fan from the commissary that cost him $10.62 only circulated hot air. There ...

Inmates of the Blair County Prison who are filing federal lawsuits to improve their living conditions have turned to yet another source for help — the Blair County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Prison ...

Roughly two months after quarantining the state’s prison system, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is preparing to launch a five-stage reopening plan, officials announced Friday. The ...

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