Even before intense scrutiny was brought to bear on Philadelphia's criminal justice system in recent months, criminal justice leaders had successes in tackling thorny problems like an overcrowded ...

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 ...

Pope Francis had a nice place to sit when he met with Philadelphia prisoners on Sunday. Inmates in the city's correctional system worked for more than a month on a stately chair they hand-carved out ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A day after rapper Meek Mill was released from jail, community groups made their voices loud and clear Wednesday morning outside of Philadelphia City Hall. They say the national ...