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Tags: Smithfield
April 29, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Smithfield held the 2022 Day of Responsibility — a chance for inmates to reflect on victims of crime and the consequences of...


Tags: Houtzdale
April 29, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

It’s been another bittersweet few months for the SCI Houtzdale’s R.U.F.F. program as five dogs moved on to complete their training...


Tags: Waymart
April 28, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Corrections Officer Walter Gombita was named Employee of the Quarter at SCI Waymart...


April 28, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

After losing her son, Zachary, to an overdose in 2016, Carolyn Miele started Saving Lives for Zachary, a foundation based...


April 28, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Six reentrants from the Johnstown Community Corrections Center and Corrections Counselor Dan Hornabke worked with PennDOT to clean litter...


April 27, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Mario Moyer, a successful discharge from CREATE Lancaster, gave his motivational testimony about his journey in the program on April 23...


Tags: Parole
April 27, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

​In recognition of Second Chance Month, Director for the Bureau of Reentry Coordination Danny McIntyre recognized...


April 26, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

The Scranton Community Corrections Center adopted a “Give Back Food Bank” for new reentrants...


Tags: Muncy
April 25, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

The Veterans Service Unit at SCI Muncy held an open house for staff on March 30 so they could stop in and check out the Victory Garden...


Tags: Waymart
April 22, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

​A group of SCI Waymart employees swung by the DOC Training Academy in Elizabethtown to complete Crisis Intervention Training...