
Incarceration
40 years ago, a legendary Philly columnist helped defuse a prison hostage situatoin
The Graterford crisis was one of many negotiated by well-trusted Chuck Stone, who spent two decades at the Daily News.
3 years ago
A lawsuit against Clearfield County could at least pause the establishment of one of the largest and private detention centers in the northeast.
3 years ago
The Philadelphia district attorney race: DA Larry Krasner and Charles Peruto
DA Larry Krasner and challenger criminal defense attorney Charles Peruto join us to discuss the Philadelphia DA race, criminal justice, and the city's soaring homicide rates.
Air Date: October 26, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Pizza with a mission: Inside the hot Philly restaurant fighting recidivism
Philly pizza spot earns plaudits for Detroit-style pies and a mission to staff the operation with only formerly incarcerated people.
3 years ago
Listen 3:56New blueprint hopes to reverse revolving door at Delaware prisons
More than 65% of people released from Delaware prisons in 2016 were re-convicted within three years. A new blueprint from the state aims to change that.
3 years ago
Delco Council votes to deprivatize the county’s prison
Delaware County officials kept a campaign promise with the vote to terminate GEO Group’s contract to operate Pennsylvania’s only privately run county prison.
4 years ago
Pa. reformed ‘prison gerrymandering,’ but it likely won’t matter in congressional maps
State lawmakers may soon do something not seen in recent history: use two significantly different sets of data to draw state and federal election maps.
4 years ago
Delco Jail Oversight Board recommends terminating $259M contract with prison operator GEO Group
The action sets the stage for a vote by the Delaware County Council next week that could return the only privately run prison in Pa. to county control.
4 years ago
Pa. commission votes to scale back ‘prison gerrymandering’ reform made last month
A commission added a carveout to count those serving sentences that will end after April 1, 2030 — the date of the next census — in prison districts.
4 years ago
Delco’s Jail Oversight Board to vote on the fate of Pennsylvania’s only for-profit county prison
The Delaware County panel is looking at late September or early October for a special meeting to determine the fate of GEO Group’s contract.
4 years ago
End of ‘prison gerrymandering’ means changes to redistricting
Political mapmakers told to count inmates where they had lived, not in towns where they are jailed.
4 years ago
Former Delaware prison health care provider to pay $15M to settle federal lawsuits
Connections Community Support Programs has agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle charges of fraud and controlled substances allegations.
4 years ago
Pa. ends ‘prison gerrymandering’ with closely divided committee vote
The commission redrawing Pa.’s House and Senate maps has voted to stop counting state prisoners as residents of the districts where they’re incarcerated.
4 years ago
Listen 7:50Murphy signs law that bans contracts with ICE for detention of immigrants
The law disallows renewal of existing contracts or any new contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees.
4 years ago
Berks County to detain asylum-seeking immigrant women for feds
The county-owned facility is no longer holding immigrant families.
4 years ago