Reports
The Pennsylvania Prison Society has been an expert source of information on prison conditions for 234 years. We monitor and report on 23 State Correctional Institutions (SCIs) and 62 county jails to ensure the humane treatment of individuals living behind bars and to provide data that can make a difference.
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Monitoring Report & Responses: PICC & RCF, April 2022 (PDF)
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Monitoring Report & Responses: ASD/Mod-3, DC, PICC Philadelphia, March 2022 (PDF)
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Report on In-Cell Dining During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 2022 (PDF)
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Monitoring Report: Delaware County Jail, February 2022 (PDF)
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Three-State Prison Oversight During the COVID-19 Pandemic, December 2021 (PDF)
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2020-2021 Annual Report (PDF)
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Monitoring Report & Responses: RCF Philadelphia, October 2021 (PDF)
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Monitoring Report & Responses: CFCF Philadelphia, July 2021 (PDF)
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Monitoring Report & Responses: York County Prison June 2021 (PDF)
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Report on COVID-19 in PA State Prisons, Winter 2021 (PDF)
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Report on COVID-19 in PA State Prisons, Fall 2020 (PDF)
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2019-2020 Annual Report (PDF)
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2018-2019 Annual Report (PDF)
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2017-2018 Annual Report (PDF)
Forty years ago, Pennsylvania had seven prisons. Today we have 23.
Incarceration has increased by 500% while the crime rate has gone down. The impact of mass incarceration on safety in Pennsylvania has been modest, at best. Crime rates have gone up and down. They are largely independent of the number of people in prison. Violent crime rates in Pennsylvania are now same as in the mid-1970s, before mass incarceration began.
