Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration says it's recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp amid longer-term national trends of shrinking prison populations.

but when it opened as a girls-only juvenile facility in 1987, it was touted as a model "boot camp" style facility, designed to "scare" young women "straight." Detainees were told when they could ...

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

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