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The exterior of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
Studio 2
Courts & Law

The evolution of the American criminal justice system

A conversation with Lynn Novick, the acclaimed filmmaker behind a new PBS docuseries. "Crime and Punishment in America" premieres Monday, November 16th at 8pm on WHYY-TV12.

Air Date: November 12, 2026

Listen 51:11
An Upland Borough Police Department vehicle
Courts & Law

Former Upland police chief accused of collecting more than $50,000 in unworked overtime and special assignments

According to the criminal affidavit, former Upland Police Chief Michael Irey was seen near a bar in Media when he was scheduled to be conducting a DUI patrol.

6 days ago

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Multiple city officials at press conference
Courts & Law

Foster mother charged with murder in death of missing West Philadelphia girl

Malayshia Allford had been missing for more than a week before authorities found her body in the trunk of a car in Camden County.

1 week ago

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police tape hanging
Courts & Law

‘Going to handcuff us’: New Delaware law limits release of names, photos of people charged with felonies, including murder

Police and prosecutors can’t provide the public with identifying info unless the charge is a felony and it’s “necessary to protect the public’s safety.”

2 weeks ago

Listen 2:15
Hassan Bennett speaks into a megaphone
Courts & Law

Philly police oversight commission chair facing felony charges for selling confidential information in attempted murder case

Hassan Bennett, who also works as a bail navigator, allegedly sold unredacted information about a witness in an attempted murder case.

3 weeks ago

Listen 1:35
A security guard patrols the sidewalk outside St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.
Community

Kensington gets another cleanup effort. What’s changed this time?

As Philadelphia’s Kensington “Blitz” continues, outreach workers and people on the street say services are still missing.

4 weeks ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Philly has a lot of rats. PETA says put them on birth control

After City Council declared a rat emergency in Northeast Philly, the animal rights group proposed contraception as an alternative to traps and poison.

1 month ago

Police gather at the scene in the area of 21st Street and the Ben Franklin Parkway
Community
6abc

Man shot, killed by police after confrontation along Ben Franklin Parkway in Center City

Police said a SEPTA police officer and a Philadelphia police officer each fired one shot in response, striking the man twice.

1 month ago

The Roxbury warehouse is located in a wooded area.
NPR
Community

ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center.

1 month ago

Several people are shown holding up handmade signs while standing on the side of the road for the anti-ICE protest in Norristown.
Community

Norristown rally decries impact of ICE operations on community

Community members called on Gov. Josh Shapiro and local municipalities to pass legislation restricting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2 months ago

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A sign at the entrance to the base
Politics & Policy

Plans for immigration detention center at South Jersey military base scrapped by Trump administration

A government report says as of last October, the Trump administration no longer builds new detention facilities on military bases.

2 months ago

Four Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents walk a detainee out of the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27. The individuals are photographed with their backs to the camera, and the detainee is handcuffed behind his back. The agents are wearing bulletproof vests that say
NPR
Community

ICE is looking into ‘mobile detention facilities’

Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."

2 months ago

a sign for the Moshannon center
Politics & Policy

Pa. Dems, immigrant rights groups push for info on Moshannon ICE detention center contract as county votes for extension

Clearfield County commissioners approved a six-month extension of the contract Tuesday.

2 months ago

Listen 1:53
Philadelphia police excavating a pipe at the residence
Community
Billy Penn

Philadelphia’s ‘house of horrors’ investigation: All that we know

With only about 30% of the material from the Olney house reviewed by investigators, here is what authorities know — and what remains unclear.

2 months ago

Residents holding signs reading ''ICE out of Upper Darby' clap as an ordinance is passed by Township Council that limits collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Politics & Policy

Upper Darby restricts collaboration with ICE in sweeping ordinance

Speakers at a meeting Wednesday night touted the importance of the ordinance in a township where nearly a quarter of residents are foreign-born.

2 months ago

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