Correctional Newsfront

This is the official newsletter of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

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2012 Newsfront

NEW! Employees Revamp Mission Statement - Also in this issue:  New Law to Save Money; Helping Incarcerated Vets; Peer Support Specialists; Legislative Process Overview; Right-To-Know; General DOC News; Obtaining Re-entry Documents; Re-entry Recognition.

2011 Newsfront

DOC Holds Community Corrections Summit -- Also in this issue:  What is a Community Corrections Center?; Secretary Wetzel Outlines Plans for Community Corrections in Pennsylvania.

Educating Inmates in the PA DOC 

Changes to Prison Emergency Notification Began Oct. 1 -- Also in this issue:  Agencies Join UP to Help Offenders Succeed; Fine Dining; Time to Eat; Sharing Knowledge; One Way Ticket; Program Encourages Hiring Ex-Offenders; Repair or Replace; Facility News; Who's Running Our Prisons; 28 Agencies; NIC Training; Certified Peer Support.

Earthquake, Hurricane Irene & Tropical Storm Lee -- DOC deals with several emergencies in short period of time.

Activating an Area Command -- Also in this issue:  Agencies team up to help offenders succeed; Long Term Offender programming piloted; DOC looks at outcomes associated with differential-duration therapeutic communities; what is accreditation?; Inmates making local impact; facility news.

Striving to be Efficient and Effective -- Also in this issue:  Graterford project redefined; deputy secretaries named; Michigan inmates returned; expansion projects; clearing the air; re-entry via county jails; Folino - warden of the year; new superintendents named; facility news; community works program; Correctional Industries; sign up for AlertPA prison emergency notifications.

Corrections Officials Honor Employees During Annual Ceremony 

Corbett Nominates Wetzel as Corrections Secretary -- Also in this issue:  DOC Cancels Plans for State Prison in Fayette County; DOC Releases Performance Reports (on SIP and RRRI); Dogs in Pennsylvania's State Prisons; SCI Waymart Donates Doghouses to Griffin Pond Animal Shelter; Reburial Services Held for Remains Found During Construction Project; Keeping You Notified of State Prison Emergencies.