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 Philadelphia Department of Prisons has begun allowing correctional officers to wear hijabs while on duty, a policy change that advocates say marks an important step toward protecting religious ...

In Philadelphia, more and more guilty pleas by defendants are being handled through a videoconferencing system, which the city courts and prisons plan to expand to streamline court cases, reduce ...