TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Jails and prisons across Pennsylvania are being overwhelmed by the spread of covid-19, and advocates for the incarcerated population fear it will get worse before it gets better. As the numbers skyrocketed this week, the state Department of Corrections reported that a 77-year-old inmate with pre-existing conditions died on Thursday at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette — a prison that currently has few cases. There have been 39 inmate deaths within the DOC since covid began.