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COVID-19 vaccination rate reported among Pennsylvania prison staff trails far behind those inside. The data disparity may echo across the region.

The union that represents about 10,000 guards in Pennsylvania’s state prisons is telling Gov. Tom Wolf it plans legal action to stop his effort to force them...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The union that represents about 10,000 guards in Pennsylvania's...

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2020, file photo, family members of inmates incarcerated in the Utah Department of Corrections' prison system hold candles and say a prayer following a rally outside the Department of Corrections office in Draper, Utah. For 15 months, The Marshall Project and The Associated Press tracked the spread of COVID-19 through prisons nationwide. Prisons were forced to adapt to unusual and deadly circumstances. But now, as new cases are declining and facilities are loosening restrictions, there’s little evidence to suggest enough substantive changes have been made to handl...

Because our call to address danger at Torrance State Hospital has been ignored by management, we feel compelled to go public about a series of assaults against forensic security employees being committed by a prisoner. The assaults began in March and have occurred as recent as May 14 when a