Courts & Law

Crowded conditions in immigration detention could spread coronavirus. The lack of social distancing is compounded by limited access to soap, according to an ACLU complaint.

Penn State University will be required to make major changes to how it deals with sexual assault complaints

Long before the coronavirus pandemic reached Philadelphia, advocates were on the front lines of another crisis: gun violence.

Delaware, along with other states, is taking measures to decrease its prison population as part of the nationwide effort to flatten the curve of coronavirus.

Advocates for domestic violence victims in Delaware are adjusting how they provide services during coronavirus shutdowns.

According to immigration attorneys, conditions in family detention centers create “a crisis that threatens the lives of women, men and children.”

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling in favor of a black media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast alleging racial discrimination.

Without comment, a majority of the state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out.

Corrections leaders, along with advocates for incarcerated persons, believe the spread of COVID-19 inside prisons is imminent.

“It's not like you can go out and arrest a bad guy and stop a problem. That's not going to stop this,” the police chief in Scranton said.

“Folks are basically saying, ‘If this is the way I’m going to die, I’d rather be with my family,’” said one advocate.

More than 100 children are being held in a Philadelphia juvenile detention center while the COVID-19 pandemic spreads through the city.

Federal law requires that prisoners receive the same standard of care as those on the outside, including for oral health needs.

Cpl. James O’Connor was shot twice while police served an arrest warrant in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.

Authorities allege that a Philadelphia police officer shot and killed as he served a homicide warrant last week was gunned down by the man being sought on the warrant.