Lack of safety measures shows that the Pike jail is not following its Covid plan To the Editor: Please be advised that several inmates in 10 units at Pike County Correctional Facility Echo Unit are infected... Letters to the Editor 19 Jan 2022 | 05:04
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) The jail has Covid cases, but no hospitalizations, county says Sixteen inmates at the Pike County Correctional Facility recently tested positive for Covid-19, according to Krista Gromalski,... Local News 13 Oct 2021 | 01:50
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Correctional officers hired to relieve stress at Pike jail The Pike County jail has two new corrections officers, who were hired at a much higher rate than correctional officers hired... Local News 10 Sep 2021 | 05:47
Eighty-year-old John Curwood, wearing his pajama top, walked away from the Pike County Correctional Facility at 9:25 a.m. on July 8 in the middle of a downpour, complete with thunder and lightning (Photo by Joy McCann) 80-year-old prisoner is released into his daughter’s care At 9:25 a.m. last Thursday, July 8, eighty-year-old John Curwood walked away from the Pike County Correctional Facility in... Local News 15 Jul 2021 | 08:29
Joy McCann with her father's friend Bill Haughney, who served with John Curwood in the Air Force and has known him since 1959. Haughney drove up from Quakertown, Pa., for the sentencing hearing (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) 80-year-old with Alzheimer’s to be released from jail on July 8 John Curwood, an 80-year-old with Alzheimer’s who has pleaded guilty to stalking, threatening, and tire slashing, will serve... Local News 09 Jun 2021 | 02:17
John H. Curwood, Christmas 2020 with family in Albrightsville, Pa. (Photo provided) Three important points for the court to consider upon the sentencing of my father Editor’s note: Joy McCann plans to submit the following statement to Pike County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Gregory... Letters to the Editor 02 Jun 2021 | 12:36
John Curwood's daughter Joy McCann just before she enters Pike County Courthouse to hear her father's guilty plea on April 15. Her letter pleading her father’s case appeared in a recent edition of the Courier. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) 80-year-old prisoner pleads guilty to stalking, threatening, and tire slashing An octogenarian prisoner whose case has elicited sympathy from the community and raises the question of whether jail is the... Police & Fire 22 Apr 2021 | 09:27
John H. Curwood in September 2020 (Photo provided) My 80-year-old dad, an Air Force veteran with Alzheimer’s, needs to get out of jail, now To the Editor: My family and I are in an uphill battle with the Pike County Correctional Facility (PCCF), the Pennsylvania... Letters to the Editor 07 Apr 2021 | 02:58
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Medical contractor says managing prisoners’ health a challenge during Covid The Courier’s recent article “Pike jail neglects inmates’ urgent medical needs, relative says,” received some pushback. Amanda... Local News 23 Dec 2020 | 01:47
Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Pike jail neglects inmates’ urgent medical needs, relative says Another local resident related to an inmate at the Pike County Correctional Facility has reached out to the Courier to complain... Local News 09 Dec 2020 | 05:08
The Pike County Jail (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Pike jail receives award for recidivism reduction The Pike County Correctional Facility received the Best Practices Award in the small jail category in recognition of its... Police & Fire 22 Oct 2020 | 11:12
From left: Luke Barbalich, executive director of Choosing Integrity, with Tracy Pirl and Christina Uhelsky at the Milford Diner (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Choosing Integrity helps Pike inmates rebuild their lives, in and out of jail “Everybody knew of the monster I was and what I did,” said Tracy Pirl. “I chewed everybody up and spit them out.” Christina... Local News 22 Oct 2020 | 11:08
The Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Pike jail now charges inmates a housing fee Pike County now charges its prisoners a $10-a-day housing fee, part of a new policy that went into effect on Sept. 18. The... Local News 02 Oct 2020 | 02:14
No one should be exposed to COVID-19 because they can’t afford bail To the Editor: Last week, two people who were being held at Pike County Correctional Facility died from COVID-19. Earlier... Letters to the Editor 22 Apr 2020 | 10:51
Hats off to the Pike County warden and his dedicated staff To the Editor: We hear so much these days about deplorable conditions in prisons and inhumane treatment of prisoners. Visiting... Letters to the Editor 10 Sep 2019 | 01:15
