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The use of therapy dogs is usually associated with hospitals and nursing homes, but they are just as effective inside a secure youth detention facility

At the heart of the case before the state Supreme Court is whether Pennsylvania’s death penalty system is so flawed that it violates the state Constitution’s prohibition on cruel punishment

Several healthcare officials at the jail raised concern that the facility does not provided enough medical personnel to treat inmates

Investigators’ report described finding nooses made from sheets and detainees who reported waiting weeks or months to see a doctor

Recruiting and operating organized crime gang members and bosses as long-term confidential criminal informants is a dangerous game for law enforcement officers

The drugs include a powerful synthetic opioid that has been blamed for overdoses nationwide

Several state lawmakers were surprised and disturbed to learn of the eight overdose deaths that have occurred at the facility since Jan. 1, 2016

Drugs have long been a problem in prisons, but the opioid epidemic is straining the resources of prison staff in a way other drugs have not