Pa. court backs 7.5- to 17-year prison term for inmate who threw feces on guard By Matt Miller | mmiller@pennlive.com A midstate judge acted appropriately when he sentenced a state prison inmate to an extra 7 1/2 to 17 years behind bars for throwing human feces into the face of a guard, the state Superior …
Many call for action as investigation continues into Rockview sexual assault Published: October 13, 2013 Read more.. By Matt Carroll — mcarroll@centredaily.com Rockview state prison officials say they are still investigating the circumstances that allowed an inmate to corner a female clerk alone in her office, brutally choke and rape her for nearly a half …
Police: Rockview inmate alone with woman for 27 minutes during sexual assault Published: October 10, 2013 By Matt Carroll — mcarroll@centredaily.com A former Rockview state prison inmate charged Thursday with the brutal sexual assault of a female employee was alone with the woman for 27 minutes, despite the fact that she sounded her emergency whistle, …
Department of Corrections: Offender trauma study proves useful in corrections field. Text of Oct. 7 press release. Harrisburg – Several hundred Pennsylvania state prison inmates recently participated in a voluntary study by Rutgers University to determine the connection between post-traumatic stress and substance abuse disorders. “The number of offenders with unresolved trauma experienced early in …
By Chris Comisac Deputy Bureau Chief Capitolwire HARRISBURG (Oct. 1) – While labor unions representing state employees and public school employees were diplomatic on Monday when Rep. Glen Grell, R-Cumberland, unveiled his new pension reform proposal, the gloves started to come off on Tuesday. The Keystone Research Center, a Harrisburg-based labor union-affiliated research group, released a report today …
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