May 19, 2026

In the News

When prisons police themselves, the incarcerated pay the price
When Caine Pelzer was placed in solitary confinement without a reason, or when another incarcerated person’s breakfast bowl had a dead mouse waiting in the milk beneath the cereal, there was no investigation of wrongdoing. Due to the lack of oversight and accountability in prisons, incarcerated people are continuously mistreated without consequence.
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by PennLive Letters to the Editor
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