Courts & Law

The heavily-redacted report notes the full histories children have with Pennsylvania welfare officials often aren’t shared across counties and states.

N.J. officials release data showing bail reform cut jail populations without a spike in recidivism. But they note it didn’t reduce racial disparities.

While some prisoners are benefiting from reduced sentences under the First Step Act, implementation of other aspects of the law has been hit with delays.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court is weighing whether to take convicted killer Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new appeal and potentially grant him a new trial.

Authorities say a gunman opened fire on a large group in a Philadelphia park, fatally shooting the son of a high-ranking city police official.

Safety advocates urged college students to match the vehicle color and model, the license tag number, and the photo of their ride-share drivers before getting in a vehicle.

In one, a Muslim was put to death, and in the other, a Buddhist's execution was temporarily halted.

Judge Sharon Gleason in a decision late Friday threw out Trump's executive order that overturned the bans that comprised a key part of Obama's environmental legacy.

A judge has sentenced a New Jersey contractor to 10 years in prison for stealing nearly $1 million in funds after Superstorm Sandy.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is suing social media giant Facebook for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act.

Jacob Sullivan, 46, had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and related charges for killing Grace Packer in 2016.

Delaware has long housed violent youth offenders in adult prisons. Citing “unconscionable’’ conditions, advocates say that must end.

We talk about solitary confinement in American prisons with Albert Woodfox, who served more then 40 years in isolation in Angola Prison, and Amy Fettig, of the ACLU.

The process involves tough calls on criminal cases involving immigrant defendants — and pits different, politicized definitions of justice against each other.

More than two years after the death of correctional officer Lt. Steven Floyd, 714 security cameras are in place throughout the Vaughn Correctional Center.