The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where corrections officers have walked off the job over working conditions.

The band The Power of Attorney flourished when more Americans saw incarcerated people as more than their crimes. The Power of Attorney, a soul and funk band at the now-closed Graterford Prison, north ...

NORRISTOWN – A West Chester woman who carried drugs with her while she was a visitor at the former State Correctional Institution at Graterford in Skippack is now a resident of a state prison ...

The Department of Corrections says the first phase of transfers began just after 9 a.m. Wednesday from the state prison at Graterford to the sprawling, $400 million complex at SCI Phoenix.

SKIPPACK >> As SCI Graterford prepares to close its doors, the brand new State Correctional Institution Phoenix is awaiting inmates’ and staff’s arrival.“With a clap of the wings, the nest ...

SCI-Phoenix is replacing Graterford state prison, which opened in 1929 a mile away in Montgomery County. It will house about 3,830 male inmates in 15 housing units and will employ 1,200 workers.

SKIPPACK >> As SCI Graterford prepares to close its doors, the brand new State Correctional Institution Phoenix is awaiting inmates’ and staff’s arrival. “With a clap of the wings, the nest ...

GRATERFORD, Pa. (WPVI) -- We got our first look at Pennsylvania's newest correctional facility, which will replace the aging Graterford prison.

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is under pressure to act after five inmates at Graterford Prison have died by suicide in the last three months. “This is not ordinary, this many incidents ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- Five inmates at Graterford prison have taken their own lives in the past three months. Prison officials have brought in an expert to help. The Pennsylvania Department of ...