Incarceration

Mumia Abu-Jamal Brown University

Brown University acquires writings from Mumia Abu-Jamal as part of mass incarceration research

Coatesville man sentenced to three years for stealing pandemic unemployment funds while incarcerated

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Non-profit will provide clothing to marginalized groups in Philly through monthly events

Wardrobe Event Series Incarcerated

Fully vaccinated inmates will soon be able to resume in-person visits, Philly prison officials say

Curran Fromhold Correctional in-person

Philly agrees to $125,000 settlement for failure to give prisoners required out-of-cell time during COVID-19 pandemic

Philly Prison Settlement

New law allows Pennsylvania residents with criminal records to obtain professional licenses

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Migrant children detained at ICE facility in Berks County to be released under judge's COVID-19 order

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Philadelphia will test all inmates at juvenile detention center for COVID-19

Juvenile Justice Coronavirus Detention

Pennsylvania state prisons will release around 1500 inmates to mitigate coronavirus spread

Inmates release Pennsylvania jails

Meek Mill's organization sends PPE to prevent coronavirus infections among prison inmates, staff

Philly announces plan to close city's oldest jail by 2020

Philadelphia House of Corrections

Governor Wolf announces support of Meek Mill

Criminal Justice

Philly could save $75 million per year by eliminating cash bail, report says

Following new bail reform law, N.J. sees decline in jail population

ACLU: Delaware prison hostage situation was ‘preventable,’ spurred by mass incarceration

Report: Incarceration down in Pa. and NJ

Report: Pennsylvania, New Jersey among 34 states with declining prison population

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Report: Pennsylvania, New Jersey among 34 states with declining prison population

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