Pennsylvania

The money, intended to hire new federal COs and retain current ones, could "save someone's life or save them from serious injury"

Schuylkill County Prison requests $160K for 42 additional wireless access points, switches and cables to improve communication between iPads used by COs

Interim Somerset County sheriff says "we gotta do something about" $11.92 per hour starting pay which makes it difficult to recruit and retain deputies

The contract gives the county right to hire up to 13 part-time COs, which will "substantially cut down on overtime"

Christopher Williams, 62, spent 25 years on Pennsylvania death row, before being exonerated of four murders and freed

12-year CO described violence, low morale and mandates at the facility that recently transitioned to county control

Westmoreland County Prison warden says burnout and low starting pay are two top hurdles to retaining and recruiting COs

Sgt. Mark Baserman, 60, died of blunt force trauma less than two weeks after he was assaulted by an inmate

The inmate also threatened to kill or injure five other COs and a nurse who checked him out

The order did not attempt to address crowding going forward, as the city and state continue to scramble for alternatives

The equipment allows 360-degree views of an imaginary world in two or three dimensions for shared adventures between kids and incarcerated parents

Security cameras in the Fairfield County Jail captured the inmates and officers wrestling on video

The FBI’s Philadelphia field office was holding explosives response training for law enforcement partners at SCI Phoenix at the time of the incident

In March, the prison board placed the jail in a state of emergency due to low staffing levels and two top leaders retiring

The oversight board would be just one of several new outside authorities brought in to monitor or course-correct the jails