Pennsylvania Rate of Incarceration

  A report by the Prison Policy Initiative details the numbers of incarcerated people and the rate of incarcerations in states across the country.  Pennsylvania has 96,000 people behind bars.  That is a rate of 725 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails,...
Covid death rate is ‘triple’ among incarcerated people

Covid death rate is ‘triple’ among incarcerated people

The researchers also found that after adjusting for age and sex differences between the two groups, the coronavirus death rate is three time higher for prisoners compared to the general US population. The study confirms long reported concerns that incarcerated people...
It looks like any  other graduation

It looks like any other graduation

It looks like any other graduation, except these graduates earned their degrees in prison. This took place at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in the town of Pacific, where all 10 of the graduates are incarcerated. The graduates received Associate of Arts...

Plans are in the making

Our list of upcoming events is in the planning stage.  Make a return visit to see what events are in store.
Volunteer Training Spring 2019

Volunteer Training Spring 2019

The Thresholds volunteers training session took place on Saturday September 19th at the Government Services Building on Westtown Road in West Chester. Gerry Stein was the facilitator for this session of 4 trainees, and made the presentation interesting and practical....