A USP Canaan inmate was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after stabbing another inmate to death at the federal prison in Wayne County.

CANAAN TWP. – Five correctional officers at a Wayne County federal prison were transported to a hospital Wednesday night and Thursday morning after being exposed to drugs during cell searches, a ...

The death of a corrections officer a decade ago at a high-security federal prison in northeast Pennsylvania has haunted the memories of a family and local politician ever since. Ever since the killing ...

CANAAN TWP. – The crisis at Canaan continues. In the six months since an inmate murdered federal Correctional Officer Eric Williams, there has been little let up in violence behind the walls of United ...

Was convicted killer and drug dealer Jessie Con-Ui “an otherwise quiet and respectful inmate” prior to the 2013 slaying of corrections officer Eric Williams of Nanticoke at the Canaan Federal ...

The union representing corrections officers and staff at U.S. Penitentiary Canaan is calling on the federal Bureau of Prisons to reopen areas for violent inmates following an attack on employees at ...

SCRANTON — An inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Canaan who slashed another inmate in the face with a razor blade fastened to a tooth brush was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s ...

May 11—WILKES-BARRE — New legislation introduced this week by U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright would revise pay rates for Federal Bureau of Prisons employees. Cartwright, D-Moosic, on Wednesday introduced ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Federal funds will be coming to help hire and retain correctional officers at federal prisons. Outside his office on Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, Rep. Matt Cartwright announced $180 ...