Incarceration

Advocates say too much talent is sitting on the sidelines because criminal records are holding some applicants back.

The judge on Monday found that Elmer Daniels failed to prove his argument that Delaware police had concocted evidence against him and withheld exculpatory evidence.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi sentenced Alec Donovan to 30 years of supervised release, prosecutors said.

The three defendants were convicted even though DNA testing at the time showed that evidence found in the victim’s body did not match any of them, attorneys said.

Since 2016, Blanche Carney has overseen the city’s prisons and jails, which have been dealing with violence and the escape of four prisoners in a span of six months last year.

Ash Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder in the November 2022 death of 12-year-old Morgan Connors. Prosecutors said a motive was never revealed.

People behind bars tend to age faster than people on the outside. For that reason, "geriatric" in prison can mean someone as young as 50.

61-year-old Ronald Johnson was released from SCI-Phoenix on Monday night following a Philadelphia judge's decision and the prosecutor's move to dismiss charges.

In a rare exhibition, incarcerated artists from SCI Phoenix, Pa., and San Quentin, Calif., form a group show at Philadelphia’s Paradigm Gallery.

The Albion prison unit — the first of its kind in the state — provides accommodations to help prisoners who struggle with overstimulation and physical coping needs.

The exoneration was requested by the city District Attorney’s Office, ending a years-long push by Gwynn's lawyers.

He was taken into custody in Cambria County, in western Pennsylvania. He was initially arrested on Sunday for allegedly stealing a car from a delivery driver on Thursday.

The suspect remains on the run after fleeing officers while being discharged from Episcopal Hospital at about 6:42 a.m. Monday.

Hundreds of people across Russia streamed to ad-hoc memorials and monuments to victims of political repression with flowers and candles on Friday and Saturday.

Harold Staten, 71, was convicted in 1986 of setting an early morning fire that killed a man in a north Philadelphia row house in October 1984.