Inmates

'Exorbitant' fees on calls, emails cost N.J. inmates and their families $15 million annually, report says

Before Eastern State Penitentiary closed, music by the prison's inmate band delighted radio audiences

Eastern State Penitentiary music

Philly Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney to retire in April after 8 years

Blanche Carney Prisons Retiring

Escaped prisoner Alleem Bordan captured by U.S. Marshals in Cambria County

Alleem Bordan Caught

Escaped inmate Gino Hagenkotter found dead inside Harrowgate warehouse, police say

Gino Hagenkotter Dead

Inmate escapes from Northeast Philly jail

Prisoner Escape

Chester County Prison officials knew Danelo Cavalcante was an escape risk, emails show

Cavalcante Escape Plans

One of the men who escaped from Philly jail caught by U.S. Marshals

Philly Jail Escape

Woman charged with helping the two escaped inmates from Philly prison

Inmates Escape Philly Woman Charged

Woman charged in fatal stabbing of Pa. jeweler featured in Netflix series 'Jailbirds: New Orleans'

Megan Hall Jailbirds Stabbing

New Jersey's trans inmates to be housed by gender identity, not assigned sex

NJ prisons trans lawsuit

Philadelphia inmates instructed to shelter-in-place as COVID-19 cases surge

Philly prisons shelter-in-place

New Jersey inmates, prison staff to receive COVID-19 testing

Rutgers COVID-19 test

New Jersey releasing nonviolent prisoners with high risk of COVID-19

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

Bucks, Montgomery counties receive funding for inmate Suboxone treatment

Bucks Montgomery Suboxone

Long John Silver's manager allegedly put inmate boyfriend on payroll at Pennsylvania fast food joint

Long John Silver's Theft

13 prison employees suspended following inmate death in Schuylkill County

Camp Hill inmate reportedly bit off piece of prison guard's finger

SCI Camp Hill inmate

Inmate death at Pennsylvania state prison under investigation

Mark Gelencser

Pa. correctional institution placed on limited lockdown after officer assaulted by inmate

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Bucks County violated criminal records act by sharing 75 years of inmate information online, jury finds

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Two correctional officers charged in beating of inmate at Northeast Philly prison

The Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia.

Inmate charged with homicide in fatal beating of cellmate at Montgomery County prison

Joseph Hodum

Ex-Philly cop arrested for alleged sexual assault of witnesses, suspects

Philip Nordo

Criminal Justice

Delaware to transfer hundreds of inmates to Pennsylvania prisons

Vaughn Building C Delaware

Pa. state prisons end lockdown; synthetic cannabinoids ID'd as cause of illnesses

Pennsylvania prisons to halt direct mail, expand drone detection

SCI Greene Pennsylvania

Two-week prison strike begins today in Philadelphia and other U.S. cities

Criminal Justice

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

Female prison guards increasingly subjected to male inmates exposing themselves, masturbating

Win-win-win: Inmates train rescue dogs to help military veterans in South Jersey

Inmates train dogs

Philly D.A. introduces enhanced effort to review claims of innocence

Fight club alleged at South Jersey juvenile detention center

Philadelphia inmate found dead in Graterford prison

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Villanova receives federal grant to allow inmates access to higher education

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Manhunt on for inmate who escaped South Jersey prison

Arthur Buckel

Judge: New Jersey inmate on hunger strike can be force-fed by corrections officials

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Two inmates escape from boot camp in central Pennsylvania, police say

Escaped Inmates

Inmates, guards carve chair as gift for Pope Francis

Pope Francis chair

Report: Inmates endured beatings from investigators after N.Y. prison break

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Jefferson Einstein Hospital nurses protest system's cuts to pediatric care

Jefferson Nurses Pediatric

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Philly Music Fest will celebrate 10 years with seven nights of local shows this fall

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