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This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

About 2,600 inmates transferring from Graterford to new Pa. prison

The first phase of transfers began just after 9 a.m. Wednesday.

8 years ago

In 2011, immigration advocates protested outside the Essex County Correctional Facility, which has one of the most lucrative contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the country. (Mel Evans/AP Photo )
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Money

Under Trump, Democratic New Jersey counties cash in on detaining immigrants

From January 2015 to March 2018 the amount of ICE money sent to Bergen, Essex and Hudson Counties increased 46 percent, amounting to more than $150 million.

8 years ago

Edgar Perez Ramirez, left, stands with his 4-year-old son, Franco, in their home in Covington, Ky., on April 28, 2018. Perez left San Marcos, Guatemala, for Kentucky after his father was killed. He was heading to work when agents stopped and arrested him in December. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Courts & Law

Hunger, fear, desperation: What came of an ordinary ICE raid

It had taken a decade for Brandon Tomas Tomas to establish a life in America: a wife, steady job and five American-born children. It took 20 seconds for that life to be taken

8 years ago

Philadelphia police officer Fred Attakora, 38, was shot by a stray bullet during a July 4 blockpary, authorities say (Provided)
Community

Block party shooting leaves man dead, off-duty cop wounded

Officer Fred Attakora was taken to a hospital in a private car with gunshot wounds to his arm and abdomen.

8 years ago

Demonstrators protest ICE outside of the office at Eighth and Cherry streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Overnight protesters stake out ICE building, demand changes in immigration policies

Philadelphia police arrest 29 demonstrators who refused to move from the entrance to the federal facility at Eighth and Cherry streets.

8 years ago

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 OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. As in previous recent years, opioid drugs — which include OxyContin and Vicodin — were the biggest problem, contributing to 3 out of 4 medication overdose deaths. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Bystanders to fatal overdoses increasingly becoming criminal defendants

More and more, trouble is following fellow drug users, friends and relatives of those dying from overdoses.

8 years ago

Demonstrators rally outside the Cinemark Theatres in Philadelphia. Last week, police were called on a black family who were unsatisfied with their movie experience. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Family calls for boycott of Cinemark theaters after West Philly altercation

Dozens rally in support of family after minor incident results in 10 Philadelphia police officers responding to theater

8 years ago

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Philadelphia City Hall (Nathaniel Hamilton/for WHYY)
Community

Philly and ICE have different stories about arrest warrant

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is accusing the city of Philadelphia of not living up to its promise of limited cooperation on handin ...

8 years ago

Trenton state Capitol building. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

Digital parking meter plan up for a vote in N.J.

The digital parking meters alert enforcement officers about any violation so they can ticket the offending vehicle.

8 years ago

One of the vehicles in the funeral procession for Antwon Rose Jr. has a message displayed as it arrives at the Woodland Hills Intermediate school on Monday, June 25, 2018, in Swissvale, Pa. Rose was fatally shot by a police officer seconds after he fled a traffic stop June 19, in the suburb of East Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Courts & Law

Officer charged with homicide in fatal shooting of teen in Pittsburgh

A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide.

8 years ago

Officer Wilson’s sister Shak’ra Wilson-Burroughs told the press she is disgusted with the plea deal for her brother’s killers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Killers of Philly cop take plea deal to avoid death penalty

Family members of Sgt. Robert Wilson III were told late Friday about the plea deal for brothers Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams that offered life plus 50 to 100 years.

8 years ago

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In this undated frame from video provided by John Fetterman for Lieutenant Governor shows Antwon Rose in a campaign announcement. Funeral services are being held Monday, June 25, 2018, for Rose, who was shot and killed by police when he fled a traffic stop in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. (John Fetterman for Lieutenant Governor via AP)
Community

Mourners: Black teen killed by police more than a hashtag

Funeral services were held on Monday for a teenager shot and killed by police when he fled a traffic stop near Pittsburgh last week.

8 years ago

In this file photo, a Philadelphia Police officer demonstrates a body-worn camera used as part of a pilot project in December 2014, in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania State Police launch body-camera pilot program

Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU of Pennsylvania gives the new policy a B-minus.

8 years ago

An iPhone seen in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules police need warrant to track your cellphone

In a major win for privacy rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that police must obtain a search warrant in order to get access to cellphone location information.

8 years ago

In this Dec. 4, 2014, file photo protesters rally in New York's Foley Square against a state grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. (Jason DeCrow/AP Photo, File)
Health

The Freddie Gray effect: Black Americans’ mental health suffers after police killings

The negative effect on African-Americans’ mental health peaked in the month after a police killing, and it dissipated after three months.

8 years ago

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