Prisoners

Journalist Evan Gershkovich to be released from Russia in prisoner swap

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

Alleem Bordan Caught

Escaped prisoner Alleem Bordan spotted in West Philly, police say

Alleen Bordan sighting

Police search for prisoner who escaped custody at Episcopal Hospital

Escaped prisoner Episcopal Hospital

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

Gino Hagenkotter Dead

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

Holmesburg jail escape

'Torturous' solitary confinement conditions in a Pa. prison are unconstitutional, federal lawsuit claims

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

Missouri Prison Escape

Chester County Prison plans major security upgrades following Danelo Cavalcante's escape

Danelo Cavalcante escape

Convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante captured, ending the 13-day manhunt for escaped Chester County prisoner

Cavalcante Captured

Police share new photos of a clean-shaven Danelo Cavalcante as manhunt continues

Prison guard who was on duty when Danelo Cavalcante escaped fired

Prison guard fired

Danelo Cavalcante's escape from Chester County Prison is an 'outrage,' DA says

chester county prison escape danelo cavalcante

Danelo Cavalcante escaped Chester County Prison with a feat of strength caught on video

Cavalcante climb walls

Fourth person arrested in connection with Philly prison break

Philly Prison Break Abrams

Payroll manager allegedly stole $154,000 from prisoner reentry non-profit, police say

Kintock Theft Reentry

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

Princeton grad student, imprisoned in Iran since 2016, freed in prisoner swap

Princeton grad student Iran

Five inmates with mumps quarantined at New Jersey county jail

Criminal Justice

Delaware to demolish prison building where deadly riot occurred

Vaughn Building C Delaware

Visitors to Eastern State Penitentiary can create art for prisoners in solitary confinement

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Mural Arts Philadelphia receives $200,000 grant for Restorative Justice program

Carroll - Mural Arts Philadelphia Ed Bradley Event

Maximum security prison inmates stretch a different type of muscle this weekend

Songs in the Key of Free

Philly police seek prisoner who escaped hospital bed

Khalil Robinson

Philadelphia School District awarded $945k grant for youth re-entry program

School District of Philadelphia headquarters

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

Escaped Inmates

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