Just as the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported the first drop in decades of average daily jail populations in large jurisdictions, the Philadelphia Prison System saw its number of inmates fall ...

The March for Mumia, a 103-mile trek that aims to raise awareness for medical care in prisons, is set to arrive in Schuylkill ...

Even before intense scrutiny was brought to bear on Philadelphia's criminal justice system in recent months, criminal justice leaders had successes in tackling thorny problems like an overcrowded ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An inmate who was mistakenly released from custody has been recaptured, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Jamal Burkett, 53, was re-arrested around 7 a.m. on Wednesday in ...

A Philadelphia man who purchased 41 firearms for the ringleader of a multi-county gun trafficking network who illegally ...

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 900 months, or 75 years, in federal prison for his role in a drug gang and the shooting death of a city police officer and three ...

A South Jersey woman has received a five-year prison term for misconduct while working as a corrections officer. Ivory S. Cousins, 36, of Glassboro was indicted in August 2024 after she ignored ...

Two men convicted of setting fire to a North Philadelphia pizza shop in 2022, ultimately leading to the death of a Philadelphia firefighter, will each spend decades in prison, a federal judge ruled ...