PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis will have a nice place to sit when he meets with Philadelphia prisoners next month. Inmates in the city's correctional system have been working for the past couple of ...

A young man was shot and killed after running back onto jail grounds shortly after his release from the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia early Thursday. Police were called the ...

One of the men who was captured during a 10-day manhunt after being reported missing from a Philadelphia prison in May 2023 was sentenced on Thursday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and ...

Ameen Hurst, 20, will serve 55 to 110 years behind bars following his escape from prison, where he was being held for murder charges. File: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a ...

PHILADELPHIA — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them ...

FILE - Holmesburg Prison, in the northeast section of Philadelphia, 1970. Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed a University of Pennsylvania researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated ...

Philadelphia Department of Prisons Chief Blanche Carney announced she is stepping down from the troubled department next month. Carney sent a letter to her staff that her last day will be April 5, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There is new leadership at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. Michael Resnick was formally introduced as the new commissioner by Mayor Cherelle Parker on Wednesday afternoon ...