With the closure of SCI Rockview in Bellefonte on the chopping block under Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal, local officials expect that a fairly smooth transition will be put in place for the jail ...

Local officials reacted with shock and concern, citing potential impacts to the greater Centre County community, after the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recommended closing Rockview state ...

The commissioners will be appealing to the Pennsylvania DOC and the governor to keep facilities open,” Commissioner Mark ...

State lawmakers who represent Clearfield County released a joint press release opposing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to close Quehanna Boot Camp.

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp, both in ...

I don’t know what to say other than I am shocked,” Benner Township Supervisor Kathy Evey said. “It could have a significant ...

Rockview state prison is slated for closure under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, a proposal ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is recommending closing the State Correctional Institution at Rockview in Centre ...

The Department of Corrections also wants to shut down two state-run Community Corrections Centers, one of which is in Berks County.

If shut down, inmates from the prisons would be transferred to the other 22 state prison facilities scattered across the ...