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HARRISBURG, PA (WITF) -- All 25 Pennsylvania state prisons are operating under a new normal after a 12-day lockdown. That includes the state correctional institutions at Camp Hill, Coal Township and Frackville.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- Pennsylvania Corrections officials announced Wednesday, they're drastically cracking down on inmates' mail privileges and increasing other security measures.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- Pennsylvania's 25 state prisons are in their seventh day of lockdown over concerns that powerful drugs are being sent into the facilities and getting staff sick.

Inmates and staff at a a number of U.S. prisons have gotten sick recently, apparently due to exposure to illegal drugs. More than two dozen workers at Pennsylvania prisons became ill, prompting a lockdown of all the state's prisons.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) - On Wednesday, Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections unexpectedly locked down the entire state prison system after a sudden rash of illnesses among employees, thought to be caused by accidental exposure to synthetic drugs.

The case in Pennsylvania follows similar incidents in Ohio and Arkansas in which prison staff and inmates have been exposed to drugs, including fentanyl and K2.

Alisa Roth's new book suggests U.S. jails and prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. They often get sicker in these facilities, Roth says, because they don't get appropriate treatment.

Our series takes a global look at the problem: why women are ending up in prison, what it's like for them inside and how activists are fighting to keep people out.

ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - Talks on the state budget were stalled just days before the March 30 deadline, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers continued negotiations. Groups pressing for additional issues that are in the governor’s budget plan still have not given up hope.

HARRISBURG (WSKG) -- Pennsylvania is being sued by five inmates for a blanket policy that keeps all death row prisoners in solitary confinement.