prison-issues Archives | Pennsylvania Capital-Star

New study: Amid pandemic, jail releases for Black youth lag white...

John L. Micek - July 13, 2020

Without comprehensive testing, detention facilities will become epicenters of the pandemic...

Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor - May 21, 2020

Wolf issues executive order to thin state prison populations amid COVID-19...

Elizabeth Hardison - April 10, 2020

COVID-19 Outbreak: Inmate advocate group calls for ‘Decarceration’ of Allegheny County...

Special to the Capital-Star - March 16, 2020

‘This is about using our budget dollars wisely’: Pa. Corrections Dept....

Elizabeth Hardison - October 29, 2019

Why are private prisons controversial? 3 questions answered | Analysis

Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor - September 30, 2019

SCI-Retreat Closing: Prisons should never be a community’s economic development strategy...

Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor - September 13, 2019

Pennsylvania moves to close Luzerne County state prison, as state lawmakers...

Elizabeth Hardison - August 29, 2019

Sen. Tom Killion, sponsor of Senate Bill 501.

A program that keeps people with addiction out of prison is...

Elizabeth Hardison - May 2, 2019