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Tags: Smithfield
February 24, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

The SCI Smithfield Empowerment Committee held a very successful and well-attended lunch and learn session on Feb. 13.


Tags: Mercer
February 23, 2019 12:00 AM
By: Andrea Shiock

For the past 10 years, the Inmate Activities Committee (IAC) purchased flowers for the men to give to their loved ones as they visit on...


Tags: Waymart
February 22, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Waymart's inmate organization -- WINGS (Waymart Inmates Nurturing Growth and Stability) -- held its third annual banquet...


Tags: Retreat
February 22, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Bernadette Mason, a 21-year DOC veteran, was named superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Retreat...


February 15, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Throughout January, reentrants at the Scranton Community Corrections Center collected nearly $400 worth of clothing to donate...


Tags: Parole
February 15, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

The Youth Sentencing Reentry Project held its 3rd annual celebration of Montgomery vs. Louisiana...


Tags: DOC
February 15, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Pine Grove hosted a PREA training audit for the Auditor Field Training Program (FTP) on behalf of the National PREA Resource Center...


Tags: Chester
February 15, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Chester recently celebrated its Employees of the Quarter for the final quarter of 2018...


Tags: Mercer
February 15, 2019 12:00 AM
By: Andrea Shiock

The Inmate Activities Committee (IAC) at SCI Mercer hosted its 4th annual Polar Bear Walk on Feb. 9...


Tags: Smithfield
February 14, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Smithfield, in partnership with its neighboring SCI Huntingdon, hosted an employee blood drive on Feb. 12...