Laurel Highlands Today

In Somerset County 153 inmates were incarcerated in the fourth quarter of 2022, a 10.9 percent increase over the quarter before, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Kenneth Joseph Carolus, a 21-year-old, was the youngest inmate in Somerset County in the fourth quarter of 2022.

John W. Hinton and John David Dawson were the oldest at 73-years-old.

Incarceration rates in Pennsylvania have increased dramatically, imprisoning more than seven times the number of people in 2019 than in 1970.

Sentencing practices in Pennsylvania were found to have overwhelmingly impacted people of color.

Name	Age
Adam Joseph Bubash	43
Adam Joseph Carnline	37
Andre L. Taylor	49
Angalina Ann Miller	33
Anthony Allen Mishler	41
Arthur Bergamasco	64
Beth Shomody	39
Bradley A. Olsen	31
Bradley John Stout	53
Brandon Kishlock	40
Brandon Alan Austill	37
Brent Augustus Naill	39
Brett Maurice Bailey	36
Brian Dale Nicholson	54
Bruce Stevens	55
Bryan Lee Stout	38
Calvin Joseph Spiker	40
Carl J. Fisher	64
Chad William Kerns	32
Charles Dale Sleasman	26
Christopher Eric Fisher	38
Christopher Keith Gearty	38
Christopher Randy Kearns	34
Cody Dale Martin	32
Cody Michael Schartiger	37
Collin Scott Jarosyk	25
Corbin Jacob Stone	41
Corie Rex Hilliard	40
Cortland Lee Michalides	29
Courtland James Smith	25
Cyle Lee Smith	24
Darin Ward Hoffman	57
David Peifer	54
Dennis Owen Morgan	25
Denver Roy Blough	33
Derek Allen Schardt	33
Derek Kyle Maust	33
Devene Ashley Matthews	35
Donald Ronald Rush	40
Douglas James Cox	42
Drew Allen Wellington	33
Eric Allen Flamm	27
Eric James Barkman	48
Eric Matthew Kennedy	46
Eric Michael Channel	28
Erik Blaine Ribblett	47
Erik Von Stidsen	50
Erin Nicole Everett	37
Gary Maurice Wright	40
George W. Smith	43
Glenn Franklinsc Burnsworth	46
Gregory Daniel Kreinbrook	48
Gregory Eugene Wills	45
Hannah Elizabeth Fitzgerald	30
James Farrish	54
James Gindlesperger	49
James Eugene Betz	33
James Leonard Gary	31
Jamie Paul McVicker	47
Jarrad James Tall	47
Jason Paul Houp	40
Jason Ray Flick	42
Jason William Havyer	26
Jeanette Battle	68
Jeffrey James Ditzler	43
Jeffrey Thomas Kelly	57
Jerry Lynn Shultz	46
Jesse Thomas Henson	53
John David Dawson	73
John Dennis Scott	34
John L. Davis	39
John W. Hinton	73
John Wesley Tinkey	40
Jonathan Ross Kearns	40
Jonathan William Beal	33
Jordan Scott Rasbach	37
Jordin T. Nicholas	31
Joseph Allen Romesberg	66
Joshua Paul Hoover	41
Joshwa Larry Slope	35
Julio Antonio Salas	35
Justin Wade Hartman	36
Kenneth Joseph Carolus	21
Kenneth R. Housel	36
Keri Ann Stoppe	33
Kevin Earl Lape	52
Kevin Michael Yonish	52
Kristin Ashley Lones	36
Kyle Emmett Benson	30
Kyle William Ash	43
Mark A. Swope	44
Mark J. Sleasman	63
Mark Lynn Boden	28
Marvin Wade Bucy	59
Matthew John Burns	40
Matthew John Claycomb	31
Matthew Wayne Boncoski	44
Michael Merringer	54
Michael E. Wingard	36
Michael Jay Boyer	29
Michael W. Brendle	39
Narue Mandoz Finn	46
Nathan Allen Seifert	30
Nathaniel Scott Gibbons	33
Nathen Kyle Hutzell	30
Nicholas William Polson	23
Paul Donald Welsh	34
Paul J. Bonus	29
Randy Jay Miller	63
Raymond David Wonders	27
Rebecca Fern Friedline	39
Richard Franklin Peterson	53
Richard Henry Deluca	41
Richard Michael Woy	49
Robert Eugene Fisher	46
Robert Frank Boyer	33
Robert Glenn Mitchell	42
Robert James Ball	66
Robert Kevin Ohler	51
Robert Lee Curry	30
Ronnie L. Swiger	47
Rudy Osvaldo Torres	49
Ryan Clell Hiner	50
Ryan Phillip Kubas	26
Samuel McFarland	44
Scott Edward Sivits	46
Seth James Mich Rugg	32
Shannon Nicholas Spory	24
Shawn Riggle	31
Shawn A. Wallace	35
Shawn Earl Sheetz	28
Shawn Ernest Shaulis	47
Shawn Robert Thurau	42
Shirley Marie Owens	39
Skyler Gerard Miller	29
Stacey Denise Hartman	54
Tara Lee Burnsworth	39
Teddy James Mitchell	29
Telford Edward Baker	28
Thomas Blake Brown	57
Thomas Len Aultz	53
Timothy Allen Taylor	35
Todd Earl Keller	51
Todd Matthew Hollingsworth	34
Toryan Demetri Collins	37
Trevor Jonathon King	23
Trevor Michael Merkel	29
Tyler James Kerlin	27
Vincent Fitzgerald Ivey	58
Virginia Campbell	31
William Joseph O'Kelly	35
Zachary Karl Zepp	26
Zachary Paul Richards	29