According to statistics released Aug. 18 by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Northampton County’s prison system was among the costliest in the state last year. The county spent an ...

When Election Day rolls around in Pennsylvania, thousands of inmates in county prisons and jails will not be included among the voters. County inmates are forgotten voters, dependent on a ...

According to data compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Northampton County was the 10th costliest prison per inmate in the state last year. Keen attributed much of that to the ...

at Northampton County Prison are on psychotropic medication ... and has invited members of the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts to speak to local officials about how to best ...

EASTON, Pa. – Northampton County Director of Corrections James Kostura will retire May 1 after 31 years of service. "I reluctantly accepted this," County Executive Lamont G. McClure said Thursday.

A former corrections officer at Northampton County Prison pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony for his conduct with an inmate, county District Attorney Terence Houck’s office announced.

A Northampton County Prison inmate died of a heroin/fentanyl ... The items were sent to the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Lab. A Nov. 30 report said the pack was confirmed to be a mix of ...

He was arraigned by District Judge Diane Marakovits and sent to Northampton County Prison under $50,000 bail. According to a criminal complaint: Freemansburg police stopped a sport-utility-vehicle ...