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City Council explores creating prison oversight office in response to staff shortages and inmate deaths

More than half of U.S. jails don't provide medication to treat opioid addiction

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Family of Amanda Cahill, who died in a Philly jail, is still searching for answers

Amanda Cahill death

2 men escaped Philly jail in May while a guard slept on the job, D.A. Krasner says

Holmesburg jail escape

Escaped prisoner from Missouri captured in Chester County after 3 months on the run

Missouri Prison Escape

Manhunt ends with arrest of second escaped Philly inmate Ameen Hurst

Ameen Hurst Arrested Prison Break

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

Philly Jail Escape

Philly correctional officers' union votes 'no confidence' in prisons commissioner over 'deplorable' conditions

Philly Prisons No Confidence

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

Megan Hall Jailbirds Stabbing

Criminal Justice

New $2.2 million grant will help Philly continue criminal justice reforms

Philly Prisons MacArthur

N.J. man found dead in jail after arrest for targeting ex's Chester County home

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Philly provides racial breakdown of COVID-19 cases, reports first inmate death

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

Philadelphia police alter low-level arrest policies during coronavirus crisis

Philly Police COVID-19

Bucks, Montgomery counties receive funding for inmate Suboxone treatment

Bucks Montgomery Suboxone

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

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

Pennsylvania prisons to halt direct mail, expand drone detection

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Pa. Department of Corrections hopes to end state prison lockdown by next week

State Correctional Institution Chester

Amid Pa. prison lockdown, Delco corrections officer arrested for allegedly smuggling synthetic marijuana

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Pennsylvania state prisons placed on indefinite lockdown after recent rash of staff illnesses

Pa., NJ facilities among busiest with federal contracts to detain immigrants

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

Philadelphia House of Corrections

Philly DA Larry Krasner to end cash bail for two dozen non-violent crimes

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Criminal Justice

City Council asks Pa. to eliminate cash bail in Philly

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Education funding outpaced by prison spending in Pa. and N.J.

Camden County correction officer charged with beating inmate, falsifying report

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Museum of the American Revolution to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Weekend with performances, crafts

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