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Tags: Smithfield
June 30, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Smithfield Licensed Practical Nurse Christina Beach was recently traveling home from basic training at the DOC's Training Academy...


Tags: DOC, Waymart
June 30, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

After months of planning, the 2021 Virtual Reentry Job Fair was delivered to inmates statewide June 21-25...


June 29, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Recently, Quehanna Boot Camp Supt. Frazer Blake was at a restaurant in Tobyhanna, PA, and was approached by an employee...


Tags: Waymart
June 29, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Waymart's administration recognized staff members for stepping up and participating in the Mentoring Program...


June 28, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

As COVID-19 restrictions eased, York Community Corrections Center reentrants were able to get out and participate in some community...


Tags: Huntingdon
June 28, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

The past year has already gone down in history as one of the most arduous years ever...


June 28, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Reentrants from the Scranton Community Corrections Center volunteered to serve at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church...


Tags: Somerset
June 25, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Somerset's Honor Guard traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to participate in the memorial service at the Correctional Peace Officer...


Tags: Huntingdon
June 18, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

"Six minutes to go!" yelled Corrections Activity Specialist B. Smeltz, his voice loud enough to just slightly echo...


Tags: Mercer
June 17, 2021 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Merging Two Worlds is a reentry group that was introduced to the inmate population at SCI Mercer in January 2021...