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Policing

A report from the Human Rights Watch makes the case that federal law enforcers, police and local prosecutors are concealing the origins of evidence and intelligence in scores of criminal cases, especially drug arrests.
(Fantastic Studio/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Report alleges police use secret evidence collected by feds to make arrests

8 years ago

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.
Courts & Law

White House says President Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

Trump said during his campaign that he wanted to keep Guantanamo open and "load it up with some bad dudes."

8 years ago

Courts & Law

Inmate said to be going through opioid withdrawal dies in Bucks prison

A Bucks County prison inmate died in custody, fueling concerns about how corrections authorities handle inmates with addiction issues.

8 years ago

Davida Garner founded Erase the Rate, an organization that is dedicated to reducing the homicide rate in Philadelphia and helping the families of homicide victims.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

A march to end murder: Victim’s kin works to reduce deadly violence in Philadelphia

Davida Garner, the college student from Olney, has created a grass-roots group called Erase the Rate to support the families of homicide victims — and prevent more murders.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross speaks at a press conference on January 29, 2018.
Courts & Law

Investigation underway into fatal shooting by off-duty Philadelphia cop

Police Commissioner Richard Ross cites 'concerns because of the way the shots were fired.' Detective involved in shooting put on administrative duty during investigation.

8 years ago

An inmate stands in his maximum security cell in A Block at Pike County Correctional Facility in Lords Valley, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Death row inmates sue over Pa. solitary confinement policy

The commonwealth has 156 prisoners on death row and according to filings, 80 percent of them have been there more than a decade.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Orchestra composer-in-residence Hannibal Lokumbe meets with inmates at Philadelphia Detention Center, an experience that will inform his work.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Seeking the music of ‘Healing Tones’ within Philly prison

Philadelphia Orchestra musician in residence visits inmates to hear about their lives, experience their surroundings.

8 years ago

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Students in Elaine Carboni's 8th grade class at Saint Gabriel School take a vocabulary test. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Feds approve Pa. education plan that deemphasizes standardized testing

Now that US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved Pennsylvania’s 13-year education-improvement plan, state officials are working on rolling out some changes.

8 years ago

Montclair Police Detective Kim Nelson Edwards is featured in an ad aimed at easing tensions during traffic stops.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

N.J. rolls out ads on safe traffic stops; critic calls campaign ‘victim-blaming’

Safe Stop aims to inform the public about traffic stop protocols, but a South Jersey social justice activist believes police should be held more accountable than motorists.

8 years ago

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Kristal Bush chews on sunflower seeds to keep alert on the long drive to Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Bush is the founder of @BridgingTheGapLLC transportation company. Several times a week, her vans pick up riders from their homes throughout Philadelphia and drive them to see loved ones in prisons across the state.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Connecting prisoners with loved ones is this Philly woman’s business

Kristal Bush started her service, Bridging the Gap, in 2012. As a child, she went years without seeing her dad. Her mom didn’t have a car that could make it from Philly.

8 years ago

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Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele talks about using DNA phenotyping to help solve a gunpoint rape in Norristown Farm Park.
Courts & Law

Montco DA tries new technology to solve a cold crime

Authorities hunting for suspects in a gunpoint rape in a Norristown park have hit a dead end, so they're turning to a new technology to help jumpstart their investigation.

8 years ago

Police Chief Harry Earle speaks to reporters following a standoff Thursday (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Update: South Jersey standoff ends, suspect found dead

Law enforcement did not fire any shots.

8 years ago

Special Agent in Charge Valerie Nickerson of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement Agency, announces the implementation of the 360 Strategy for Southern New Jersey to help combat the opioid epidemic.
Courts & Law

DEA launches ‘360 Strategy’ in South Jersey to fight opioid, heroin use

The program looks beyond law enforcement to prevent opioid distribution.

8 years ago

Christine Riddick, mother of Eric Riddick, (left) his wife Dana Baker-Riddick, (center) and Black Lives Matter activist Asa Khalif protest outside the Philadelphia district attorney’s office in an attempt to deliver information they say will prove the innocence of Eric Riddick, who’s been incarcerated for 26 years. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Black Lives Matter, family press Philly DA to release inmate they say is innocent

Eric Riddicks' mother says he wasn't the killer in a 1991 homicide. She delivered the paperwork she says proves his innocence to new top prosecutor, Larry Krasner.

8 years ago

New Jersey State Prison in Trenton.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

New Jersey lifts prison ban on ‘The New Jim Crow,’ a popular book on mass incarceration

The New Jersey Department of Corrections has lifted a ban on the book “The New Jim Crow” at two of its prisons, following a complaint from the state chapter of the ACLU.

8 years ago

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