More corrections officers should give incarcerated people more time outside their cells and reduce costly mandatory overtime for prison staff.

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 fre ...

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 ...