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From Scandinavia to SCI Chester: Drexel Rethinks Justice ...
... Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC). Drexel plays a ... News & Events. News Articles · News by date · 2026 · 2025 · December · From ...
https://drexel.edu/law/news/articles/overview/2025/December/scandinavia-to-sci-chester-drexel-rethinks-justice-through-research-and-collaboration/Pa. will expand its innovative 'Little Scandinavia' unit in SCI ...
Pa. will expand its innovative 'Little Scandinavia' unit in SCI Chester to three more state prisons ... 2026 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-sci-chester-restorative-justice-recidivism-20250309.html“Little Scandinavia” at SCI Chester Gets a Boost
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has decided that it will ... 2026 The Philadelphia Citizen. All rights reserved ...
https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/little-scandinavia-gets-a-boost/Why a Pennsylvania Prison Looked to Scandinavia for Inspiration
- A Pennsylvania prison is testing a new approach that gives incarcerated people more autonomy and encourages corrections staff to converse with those they oversee. The goals: make conditions in prison safer and better prepare incarcerated people to return to society.
https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/why-a-pennsylvania-prison-looked-to-scandinavia-for-inspirationJob Bulletin
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Corrections Officer Trainee - State Correctional institution at Chester $47,925.00 Annually Delaware County, PA Civil Service Permanent Full-Time CS-2026-39816-47200 Department of Corrections CR CHS Scy 01/16/2026 1/30/2026 11:59 PM Eastern 47200 Multiple positions will be filled from this posting.
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/pabureau/jobs/newprint/5187911
Newsroom Department of Corrections
January 20, 2026 Huntingdon, PA – Kenneth Shea, acting Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, reported that inmate Derek Bowser, ...
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/cor/about-us/newsroom/newsroomOne Philadelphia Prison Could Change Incarceration in America
How One Philadelphia Prison Could Change Incarceration in America A ground-breaking partnership between Drexel and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is revolutionizing the U.S. prison system, one block at a time. Inside the imposing beige walls of the state correctional institution in Chester, there is a fish tank whose inhabitants are part of something bigger than themselves.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/11/02/chester-prison-little-scandinavia/
SCI Chester’s Little Scandinavia demonstrates that treating incarcerated people with dignity and respect benefits not only those housed there but the corrections staff as well. This model should be a permanent fixture across our state’s correctional system. No comments yet. Start the conversation. Comments on this post have been limited.
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SCI Chester’s Little Scandinavia demonstrates that treating incarcerated people with dignity and respect benefits not only those housed there but the corrections staff as well. This model should be a permanent fixture across our state’s correctional system. Rep. Emily Kinkead Facebook
SCI Chester’s Little Scandinavia demonstrates that treating incarcerated people with dignity and respect benefits not only those housed there but the corrections staff as well. This model should be a permanent fixture across our state’s correctional system.
https://www.facebook.com/RepKinkead/videos/sci-chesters-little-scandinavia-demonstrates-that-treating-incarcerated-people-w/1848433625660452/
A Pa. prison got a Scandinavian-style makeover. Here's what happened next Analysis • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
6:30 Commentary By Jordan Hyatt and Synøve Nygaard Andersen The United States has the largest number of people incarcerated in the world – about 25% of all people imprisoned worldwide are in American prisons and jails. Overcrowding, violence and long sentences are common in U.S.
https://penncapital-star.com/commentary/a-pa-prison-got-a-scandinavian-style-makeover-heres-what-happened-next-analysis/
Waxman, prison-reform advocates push to make Scandinavian unit permanent fixture statewide
Waxman, prison-reform advocates push to make Scandinavian unit permanent fixture statewide HARRISBURG, May 21 – Today, state Rep. Ben Waxman, D-Phila., was joined by multiple prison-reform advocates for a Capitol news conference to discuss State Correctional Institute Chester’s Scandinavian unit, also known as “Little Scandinavia.” Little Scandinavia is a pilot project modeled after prisons in Scandinavia, where the core values are safety, tra...
https://www.pahouse.com/PCD/InTheNews/NewsRelease/?id=134178
Chester Prison's Little Scandinavia Could Show Up Elsewhere
The Little Scandinavia program at the SCI Chester Correctional Facility in Chester has been so successful, one state representative would like to expand it to other parts of Pennsylvania, writes Christina Lengyel for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Little Scandinavia adopts a prison model used in Sweden and Norway that reduces the difference between prison life and life in the outside world.
https://montco.today/2025/03/little-scandinavia-chester-sci-prison/
Transportation Services for Reuniting Loved Ones
Transportation We’re here to help you get there. Seeing your loved one face to face can mean everything—and we’re here to make that easier. For years, the Pennsylvania Prison Society’s bus service has helped families stay connected by offering affordable, reliable transportation.
https://www.prisonsociety.org/services/transportation
Pennsylvania lawmakers call for permanent funding, expansion of Scandinavian model of prisons
Kevin Amir Bowman, spent 34 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In 1989, he was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy, and weapons violations. The state granted him a new trial in 2023, and the charges against him were later dismissed.
https://www.wskg.org/news/2024-05-23/pennsylvania-lawmakers-call-for-permanent-funding-expansion-of-scandinavian-model-of-prisons