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Yousef Bozorgnia, Sharon Dolovich and Aaron Littman will receive Public Impact Research Awards at a June 2 ceremony.

DPS has reported that 56 incarcerated people have died in its prison facilities since the beginning of the pandemic.

The governor's vaccine mandate doesn't apply to corrections workers, even those who provide medical care, and her office hasn't explained why.

. HARRISBURG — The Department of Corrections is reporting flawed data to keep inmates, families, and public officials informed about COVID-19 in its prisons, raising questions about the agency’s ability to accurately track the extent of the outbreak. A five-month analysis of prison data by Spotlight PA found large fluctuations in the number of tests administered and unexplained changes to the death count. The findings were confirmed by a California researcher who was also tracking the...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Corrections is reporting flawed data to keep inmates, families, and public officials informed about COVID-19 in its prisons, raising questions about the agency’s ability to

Confronted with significant flaws in coronavirus data, Pa. corrections officials concede ‘it’s unacceptable’ Updated Jan 29, 2021; Posted Jan 29, 2021 Sharon Murchison is photographed at her home on January 28, 2021, in Philadelphia, Pa. Department of Corrections officials are using faulty data to justify keeping prisoners longer behind bars, leaving families, advocates and data analysts in the dark on how bad it is inside. Murchinson has a husband and two brothers that are incarcerated...

Jose F. Moreno / Philadelphia Inquirer The Department of Corrections is reporting flawed data to keep inmates, families, and public officials informed about COVID-19 in its prisons, raising questions about the agency’s ability to accurately track the extent of the outbreak. A five-month analysis of prison data by Spotlight PA found large fluctuations in the number of tests administered and unexplained changes to the death count. The findings were confirmed by a California researcher who ...