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January 2023 Archive

Tags: Waymart
January 31, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Waymart Social Worker II Amber Muchal was recognized at Norristown State Hospital during the Path to Success Through Reentry meeting...


Tags: Waymart
January 30, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Waymart held a Career Day on Jan. 13 for Honesdale High School Students...


Tags: Rockview
January 25, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

After several years without a dog program, SCI Rockview recently entered into a new puppy endeavor with Villalobos Rescue Center...


Tags: DOC, Waymart
January 24, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Officials from Kosovo Health and Human Services, along with prison officials including corrections officers and managers, visited PA...


Tags: Pine Grove
January 24, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Rocco Scalzi, founder of the Beating the Odds Foundation, and Rocky Bleier, former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and Vietnam War...


January 24, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

Five reentrants from the Scranton CCC recently completed the DOC’s Lead-Based Paint Certified Renovator course...


Tags: Fayette
January 24, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

The SCI Fayette Activities Department conducted a bake sale with products from the local Giant Eagle for inmates in general population...


Tags: Huntingdon
January 23, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Huntingdon held a closing ceremony for its Inside-Out program with Juniata College on Dec. 6...


Tags: Mercer
January 23, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

SCI Mercer’s inmate organization donated holiday care packages to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. The organization purchased...


January 16, 2023 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

​Ernest Johnson is a reentrant who earned his Commonwealth Secondary School Diploma (CSSD) at SCI Waymart...