Criminal Justice

Lancaster County pursues drug-induced homicide charges more than any other county in the United States, according to a recent report from data gathering project Mission LISA.

If one is looking for the most traumatized youths in Philadelphia, a good starting place might be the cou ...

The algorithm is supposed to make the criminal sentencing in Pa. fairer. Critics say it will exacerbate inequities.

In a recent ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that employers are legally responsible for protec ...

The former top prosecutor for the state of Pennsylvania is likely to soon be behind bars, more than two years after she was convicted and ...

Pa.'s DOC has agreed to treat the state’s nearly 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C over the next three years.

Witness to Innocence, a national anti-death penalty organization based in Philadelphia, ...

Two people who have accused priests of molestation in Philadelphia have filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and ...

The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippe ...

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s new victim’s compensation program is up and running, less than a ...

Dorothy Johnson-Speight still holds the burden of a mother’s pain. ...

Instead of directly giving inmates letters from their lawyers, the DOC now photocopies them in front of recipients, then temporarily retains the original.

Seven nights a week, Ronald Lewis drives from Germantown to South Philadelphia to watch over a hulking boiler inside a chemical plant as ...

Pennsylvania leaders are teaming up in an effort to reduce the number of people with mental illness in county jails across the commonweal ...

Inmates’ rights groups are trying to turn their opposition to recent state prison policies into a campaign is ...