HARRISBURG, Pa. — The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett says it's been working to improve the mental health system in state prisons.
Department of Corrections spokeswoman Susan McNaughton responded Friday night to a U.S. Justice Department investigation that concluded a state prison in western Pennsylvania kept inmates with serious mental illness in solitary confinement for months or even years at a time.
McNaughton says Corbett's Corrections secretary, John Wetzel, identified the mental health system as needing improvement early in the governor's tenure.