Incarceration

The January events at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women have led to criminal charges against 10 guards by the state AG, whose investigation is still underway.

Claire DeMatteis is moving to a new job after guiding the Department of Correction through a tumultuous four-plus years, since a prison riot left a guard dead.

The board will be in charge of bringing change to Delco’s juvenile justice system following closure of the its youth detention center due to allegations of child abuse.

Eric Riddick was released from state prison after the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office found the 51-year-old did not receive a fair trial in June 1992.

Just days after the organization sued the county in federal court, claiming its attorneys’ visits were being blocked, an agreement was reached.

In March, the organization says, the county prison said it required court documentation or a letter verifying an attorney-client relationship.

COVID-19 cases are on the decline, so select facilities will allow incarcerated people to have visitors for the first time since March 2020.

With an investigation pending and the potential for litigation, the county is hoping to correct its past by establishing a board to oversee its detention center.

N.J. taxpayers are on the hook for about $1.3 million dollars in fees to a criminal justice consultant to help the Department of Corrections amid a criminal investigation.

Activists and family members protested for the third week in a row outside Philadelphia jails to draw attention to what they describe as deteriorating prison conditions.

The Community Bail Fund is freeing more moms this year than ever before.

The Conviction Integrity Unit found police beat Obina Onyiah to coerce a confession in the slaying of a Lawncrest jewelry store owner William Glatz.

A temporary art installation acts as both a monument and memorial to honor the women and transgender people serving long sentences in Pa.

Ten officers and supervisors face criminal charges after a violent assault at New Jersey’s only women’s prison.

Organizers say his case and the 2020 murder of George Floyd are linked to a long history of racist policing nationwide, as well as in Philadelphia.