Critics who fought to close the Berks County immigrant-detention center called it a “baby jail,” a place that confined small children along with their parents. The facility drew lawsuits and ...

Berks County Jail employees gathered to honor all the corrections officers who've passed away in the past year. A ceremony was held Wednesday at the 4-H Center in Bern Township. Some guards were ...

State police are asking for your help in tracking down an inmate who escaped a Berks County correctional facility. Police say Scott Winter, 27, left the Wernersville Community Correction Center ...

Crystal Kowalski and Jane Palmer are familiar faces to Berks County officials. For years they have been advocating for ...

SCI-Quehanna and the community corrections centers of Progress in Green County and Wernersville in Berks County — all of which are being targeted for closure by the Shapiro administration.

Two groups advocating for criminal justice reform in Berks County are ready to share the findings of their investigation into the true cost of jail detention ... 1 at the WCR Center for the ...

Pennsylvania launches a new Crisis Intervention Team initiative in Berks County to improve emergency responses.

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) announced a new statewide Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) ...