Policing
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 51:11According 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
Listen 0:51Foster 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
Listen 1:20Police 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 2:15Hassan Bennett, who also works as a bail navigator, allegedly sold unredacted information about a witness in an attempted murder case.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:35Kensington 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
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
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
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
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
Listen 1:03A government report says as of last October, the Trump administration no longer builds new detention facilities on military bases.
2 months ago
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
Clearfield County commissioners approved a six-month extension of the contract Tuesday.
2 months ago
Listen 1:53Philadelphia’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
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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