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May 2022 Archive

Tags: Chester
May 31, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Chester held a ribbon cutting on May 5 to officially launch Little Scandinavia, a unit that will focus on rehabilitation and...


May 31, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Benner Township welcomed the first two dogs from Canine Partners for Life in their new puppy training program...


Tags: Waymart
May 31, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Waymart employees continued the #12MonthsOfKindness campaign with a day of mowing, weeding, planting...


Tags: Dallas
May 27, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Dallas Vocational Assistant Lisa Tomko retired after more than 29 years with Department of Corrections...


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

In honor of #143DayInPA, incarcerated individuals at SCI Laurel Highlands donated $7,000 to Cambria County Children and Youth Services...


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

During April, the Scranton Community Corrections Center collected items for the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter...


May 25, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Laurel Highlands Registered Nurse Nick Freedman never thought he’d be where he is today, but with hard work, determination, and...


Tags: DOC
May 25, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

DOC Chief of Treatment Services Cheryl Horner trained 170 new cadets at the Training Academy in how being trauma-informed improves...


Tags: Mahanoy
May 20, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Mahanoy celebrated Institutional Parole and Corrections Employees Week with picnics, special meals, raffles, bake sales...


Tags: Mercer
May 19, 2022 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Mercer received the first batch of new uniforms for DOC staff...