Prison

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

Philly mother convicted of smuggling contraband to son in Delco prison

Janette Ortiz

Criminal Justice

Meek Mill rings opening bell 76ers game after prison release

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

Philadelphia House of Corrections

Criminal Justice

From prison, Meek Mill joins CNN's Don Lemon, weighs in on Starbucks fiasco

Governor Wolf announces support of Meek Mill

Olympic athlete explains his public support for Meek Mill

Hearing set on post-conviction appeal filed by Meek Mill's attorneys

Philly court clerk fired for asking Meek Mill to help pay son's college tuition

Court documents could reveal judge's bias in Meek Mill case

Shining a light on Pennsylvania's shocking parole-to-prison trap

Judge sends 'coward' Chester County sucker puncher to prison

Barry Baker

Toy drive at Eastern State Penitentiary benefits children with incarcerated parents

Eastern State Penitentiary

Reverend Al Sharpton to visit Meek Mill in Chester correctional facility

Three of four juvenile escapees captured in South Jersey, one remains at large

Harborfields Youth Detention Facility

Supporters rally in Center City for imprisoned Meek Mill

More than 100,000 people petition Pennsylvania to free Meek Mill

Criminal Justice

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

For mother of adult addict, a life dragged down by drugs

Carroll - Romeo Heroin Addiction

Following new bail reform law, N.J. sees decline in jail population

Philly man allegedly escaped from prison in 1970, collected nearly $500,000 in benefits

ACLU: Delaware prison hostage situation was ‘preventable,’ spurred by mass incarceration

Philly man gets prison in 'violent' robbery of Tavern on Broad

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Savage Philly mobster 'Little Nicky' Scarfo reportedly dies in prison

Report: Pediatrician jailed for child porn dies at Montgomery County prison

David S. Kennedy pediatrician mug

Pennsylvania does away with 'food loaf' prison punishment

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Delco man charged after allegedly smuggling Xanax pills into prison

Delco

Crime and Courts

South Jersey man sentenced for manipulating girls into explicit acts using twisted internet game

Daniel Caplan

Member of Philly biker gang sentenced to prison for drug scheme

South Jersey mailman sentenced to prison in $200K money order scheme

DNA responsible for finding man not-guilty in 1991 Nicetown murder, rape

Anthony Wright with son

Child Pornography

Montco man gets prison for secretly filming child porn in bathroom

Prosecutors: Man caught raping 7-year-old girl sentenced to prison

'Death House' filming at Philly's notorious Holmesburg Prison

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Prosecutors: Bucks County hit-and-run suspect who 'panicked' gets prison

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Voorhees man sentenced to 8 years for killing neighbor because of loud birds

Sex Trafficking

Allentown man gets prison for 'vicous' sex trafficking scheme

Reports: Former Chesco priest gets prison for child pornography

Mark Haynes

Camden County correction officer charged with beating inmate, falsifying report

Man gets prison for fatal Atlantic City crash

Philly woman gets prison for fatal South Jersey crash

Jesse Krimes: From making soap art in prison, to gallery exhibitions

Feds: Philly prison guard pleads guilty to drug smuggling attempt

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