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... Police & Fire 15 Jul 2021 | 08:29
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
