At 44, Matthew Slaughter has seen a lot, and not much of it in an academic setting. He grew up in North Philadelphia's Richard Allen Homes and became a father when he was 14. Arrested before his 20th ...

GRATERFORD, Pa. (WPVI) -- We got our first look at Pennsylvania's newest correctional facility, which will replace the aging Graterford prison. The State Correctional Institution in Montgomery County ...

One looks like it wandered out of an aging factory town, the other like an Amazon.com warehouse. Stony, old Graterford state prison, one of the nation’s largest with an inmate population bigger than ...

SKIPPACK – A corrections officer at Graterford state prison will stand trial in August for the alleged sexual assault of an inmate. Christopher M. Ganues, 40, of Upper Darby, Delaware County, appeared ...

HARRISBURG – Two Pennsylvania inmates who have won plaudits for their decades-long efforts to reduce prison violence and counsel troubled youths will have to wait a little longer to hear whether their ...

Years after Pennsylvania’s newest, biggest and most expensive prison, the State Correctional Institution Phoenix, was slated for completion, certificates of occupancy have, at long last, been issued ...

Over 2,500 inmates at an 89-year-old Pennsylvania prison are being transferred to a brand-new, long-delayed facility about a mile down the road. The Department of Corrections says the first phase of ...

NORRISTOWN – A convicted Berks County child killer’s daring attempt to escape from custody via a tunnel below a former state prison in Skippack Township was thwarted and now he faces even more time ...

Officials with Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections say more men will be doubling up in single cells at Phoenix, a 3,830-bed facility. Graterford Prison and SCI ...

NORRISTOWN >> A former guard at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford finds himself on the other side of the law, facing time behind the bars, for having sexual contact with an inmate.