Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA
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Despite High Vaccination Rates Among Pa. Prisoners, Some COVID Restrictions Remain in Place
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Incarcerated people and their advocates are asking the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to reconsider COVID-19 restrictions that affect quality of life.
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To Successfully Use Pennsylvania’s ‘Compassionate Release’ Law, He Had to Choose to Die
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A late-stage cancer diagnosis left Bradford Gamble with a difficult decision: Receive treatment in a Pennsylvania state prison or die on the outside.
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Pennsylvania’s Broken ‘Compassionate Release’ Law, by the Numbers
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Pennsylvania’s narrow criteria for “compassionate release” has resulted in only 31 people successfully making use of the program in 13 years.
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Broken ‘Compassionate Release’ Rules Strand Pa.’s Sickest Prisoners as Costs to Taxpayers Soar
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There is bipartisan agreement that it’s too hard for people serving life in prison to get out when they are aging and ailing. But two proposals to change that face an uncertain future.