A group of men, who have dubbed themselves The Brotherhood, decided the best way to help others caught up in jail is to bail ...

An inmate serving time for the brutal Christmas morning murder of a Philadelphia woman has died in a Pennsylvania state ...

In the State Senate, Republican Camera Bartolotta and Democrat Sharif Street teamed up to sponsor a bill that would align ...

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections say an investigation is underway after a convicted murderer died at ...

A man convicted of the 2019 Christmas morning stabbing death of a woman in Philadelphia was found dead in a prison cell, ...

Shapiro's predecessors closed three prisons over the past decade and opened one new one, Phoenix, in suburban Philadelphia. Shapiro's administration also said it would close halfway houses ...

Prosecutors had planned to seek the death penalty in the case, but agreed to a plea deal that resulted in two life sentences for Rangel Vangas.

A Philadelphia man is headed to prison for assaulting a Pottstown police officer during a disturbance on a borough parking ...

The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...