Laurel Highlands Today

In Somerset County 152 inmates were incarcerated in the first quarter of 2023, a 0.7 percent decrease from the quarter before, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Kenneth Joseph Carolus, a 22-year-old, was the youngest inmate in Somerset County in the first quarter of 2023.

John David Dawson and John W. Hinton 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	44
Adam Joseph Carnline	37
Adam Joshua Croyle	37
Amy M. Jerin	36
Andre L. Taylor	49
Angalina Ann Miller	34
Arthur Bergamasco	64
Benjamin Cody Schmidtetter	27
Beth Shomody	39
Bradley A. Olsen	31
Bradley John Stout	54
Brandon Kishlock	40
Brandon Alan Austill	37
Brent Augustus Naill	39
Brett Maurice Bailey	36
Brian Dale Nicholson	55
Bruce Stevens	55
Bryan Lee Stout	38
Calvin Joseph Spiker	40
Carl J. Fisher	64
Chad William Kerns	32
Charles Dale Sleasman	27
Christopher Eric Fisher	38
Christopher Keith Gearty	39
Christopher Randy Kearns	35
Cody Michael Schartiger	37
Cody Tyler England	28
Corbin Jacob Stone	41
Corie Rex Hilliard	40
Cortland Lee Michalides	29
Courtland James Smith	26
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
Devon Durell Heyward	42
Devon Lee David Wyrick	28
Donald Ronald Rush	40
Douglas James Cox	42
Eric Allen Flamm	27
Eric James Barkman	48
Eric Matthew Kennedy	46
Eric Michael Channel	28
Erik Blaine Ribblett	48
Erik Von Stidsen	50
Erin Nicole Everett	37
George W. Smith	43
Glenn Franklinsc Burnsworth	47
Gregory Daniel Kreinbrook	49
Hannah Elizabeth Fitzgerald	30
James Farrish	54
James Gindlesperger	49
James Eugene Betz	33
James Leonard Gary	31
Jamie Paul McVicker	47
Jason Paul Houp	40
Jason Ray Flick	42
Jason William Havyer	26
Jeanette Battle	69
Jeffrey James Ditzler	43
Jeffrey Thomas Kelly	58
Jerry Lynn Shultz	46
Jesse Robert Miller	41
Jesse Thomas Henson	53
Jesus Manuel Beltran	30
John Daniel Robinson	37
John David Dawson	73
John Dennis Scott	34
John Joseph Neimiller	29
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 Michael Taylor	39
Justin Wade Hartman	36
Kenneth Joseph Carolus	22
Kenneth R. Housel	36
Keri Ann Stoppe	33
Kevin Earl Lape	52
Kevin Lee Cooper	52
Kevin Michael Yonish	53
Kyle Emmett Benson	30
Kyle William Ash	44
Louis James Brown	40
Marekus Edward Benson	32
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 Elias Reedy	36
Michael W. Brendle	40
Nathan Allen Seifert	30
Nathaniel Scott Gibbons	33
Nathen Kyle Hutzell	30
Nicholas William Polson	23
Paul Donald Welsh	35
Paul J. Bonus	30
Randy Jay Miller	63
Raymond David Wonders	28
Rebecca Fern Friedline	39
Richard Franklin Peterson	53
Richard Henry Deluca	42
Robert Eugene Fisher	46
Robert Frank Boyer	33
Robert James Ball	66
Robert Kevin Ohler	52
Robert Lee Curry	30
Ronnie L. Swiger	47
Ryan Phillip Kubas	26
Samuel McFarland	44
Scott Edward Sivits	46
Seth James Mich Rugg	32
Shannon Nicholas Spory	24
Shawn Grenke	38
Shawn A. Wallace	35
Shawn Earl Sheetz	29
Shawn Ernest Shaulis	47
Shawn Robert Thurau	42
Skyler Gerard Miller	30
Stacey Denise Hartman	55
Steven Edward Burns	44
Tara Lee Burnsworth	39
Telford Edward Baker	28
Thomas Blake Brown	57
Thomas Len Aultz	53
Timothy Allen Taylor	35
Todd Earl Keller	52
Todd Matthew Hollingsworth	34
Toryan Demetri Collins	37
Trevor Jonathon King	24
Trevor Michael Merkel	29
Tyler James Kerlin	28
Vincent Fitzgerald Ivey	58
William Joseph O'Kelly	35
Zachary Blu Eppley	26
Zachary Karl Zepp	26