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Incarceration

FILE PHOTO: Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls, Thursday, April 3, 2003, in Carlisle, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo)
Courts & Law
WITF

Coroner says prisoner at SCI Camp Hill died by suicide

A prisoners' rights advocate notes, this is the fourth prisoner death in Pa. in the past eight days.

4 years ago

 A pickup truck with a Confederate flag-themed decal is parked outside the Reception and Medical Center, the state's prison hospital where new inmates are processed, in Lake Butler, Fla., Friday, April 16, 2021.  (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Courts & Law

White supremacist prison guards work with impunity in Fla.

According to public documents and interviews with a dozen prisoners and employees in the Florida prison system, guards openly tout associations with white supremacist groups.

4 years ago

Henry Montgomery laughs inside the Louisiana Parole Project offices in Baton Rouge, La. after being released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary, after serving 57 years in prison, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Montgomery, central to a Supreme Court case that extended the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life without parole as juveniles has been released from prison after being granted parole. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Courts & Law

Officials release prisoner who was key in juvenile life debate

In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory sentencing of life without parole for juvenile offenders was “cruel and unusual” punishment.

4 years ago

2006 file photo of former Philadelphia councilmember Rick Mariano (AP photo/file)
Politics & Policy

After 4 years in prison for bribery, Rick Mariano has advice for Bobby Henon

Rick Mariano, who spent 4 years in prison for accepting bribes while serving as a Philly Council member, urged Bobby Henon to resign after his conviction.

4 years ago

People walk on a tour of the West section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania lawmakers, prison reform advocates seek to expand eligibility for compassionate release

Congress expanded the compassionate release process in 2018 when it passed the First Step Act. Efforts to reform state programs are underway across the country.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to staff shortages, poor conditions at local jails

P.O.C. hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents feel about staff shortages and worsening conditions at local jails.

4 years ago

Listen 5:27
The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Community

Philadelphia prisons to resume limited in-person visits

Philadelphia’s prison system is offering in-person visits for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, though with restrictions.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1981, file photo, Philadelphia newspaper columnist Chuck Stone speaks with newsmen after a hostage situation ended at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa., as Stone mediated with inmates who were holding hostages in a kitchen area of the prison following an aborted escape attempt. Longtime journalist and educator Charles Sumner
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

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.

4 years ago

immigration center guard
Courts & Law
WITF

A major immigrant detention center just closed in Pa. but plans for new a one could mean more detainees here than ever

A lawsuit against Clearfield County could at least pause the establishment of one of the largest and private detention centers in the northeast.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (left) and challenger Chuck Peruto
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

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 49:00
Michael Carter smiles from behind the counter
Community

Pizza 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.

4 years ago

Listen 3:56
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Courts & Law

New 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.

4 years ago

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Politics & Policy

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

A housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

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

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Courts & Law

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

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