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Criminal Justice

The Juvenile Medium Security Facility in Bordentown, New Jersey.
Education

N.J. group calls for reopening former prep school for African-Americans

Planners hope a reimagined Bordentown School would recruit students from parts of the state that send large numbers of minorities to youth prison.

7 years ago

Gun control protest
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Helen Ubiñas: Gun control and everyday violence must not be ignored

Ubiñas, a longtime commentator on gun violence in Philadelphia, read her column, "Everyday gun violence must be part of gun control reckoning," on NewsWorks Tonight.

7 years ago

Listen 3:22
Jane Golden, founder and executive director of Mural Arts Philadelphia, introduces the Mural Arts Studio at the Barnes, a space for art education for the organi8zation's Restorative Justice Program.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Barnes provides showplace for Restorative Justice artists as part of Mural Arts Philly project

Passers-by have peered in to see what the artists are doing. This Sunday, the artists will invite the public inside for an open house.

7 years ago

Listen 2:05
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The evolution of the NRA and the boycott against it

Guests:  Americus Reed and Robert Spitzer Hertz, Enterprise, United Airlines, and MetLife are among the large co ...

Air Date: February 28, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
New Jersey Sen. Ron Rice is sponsoring a bill that would restore voting rights to those on parole, probation or  in prison. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey looks at restoring voting rights to offenders

The measure would end the practice of barring residents on parole, probation or in prison from casting a ballot.

7 years ago

File image of Pennsylvania State Troopers line up outside the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona. (AP image)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Grand jury calls for independent investigations of Pa. State Police officer-involved shootings

Report says Pennsylvania State Police standards for internal investigations of trooper-involved shootings are inconsistent and cause public distrust.

7 years ago

Dozens of semi-automatic rifles line a pair of walls in a gun shop Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Lynnwood, Wash.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

To halt some gun sales, cities move to force better Pentagon reports on convictions

Citing case of Texas shooter who killed 26, Philly joins New York and San Francisco in suing U.S. Department of Defense to prevent violent criminals from getting firearms.

7 years ago

Fences and razor wire are seen around the yards behind the former State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh. (AP File Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Pa. Dept. of Corrections says staffing issues provide challenges to care for mentally ill inmates

The state says conditions for mentally ill inmates are improving, but challenges remain.

7 years ago

Stewart Greenleaf (third from left) and Sharif Street (fourth from left) held the second of three judiciary hearings on criminal justice reform at Deliverance Evangelistic Church in North Philadelphia. (Annette John-Hall, WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers make bipartisan push for criminal justice reform

State Senator Stewart Greenleaf (R-Montgomery) confessed that he was one of the was one of those lawmakers who sponsored tough-on-crime laws in the mid-1990’s.

7 years ago

state police officers
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. State Police seeks to shut down grand jury review of its in-house investigation policy

When a Pennsylvania State Police officer is involved in a shooting, the agency investigates the matter internally, but that approach is currently being challenged.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania lawmakers formed a task force dedicated to studying capital punishment in 2011. The report came out June 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. capital murder study ties case trajectory to defendant income

A new report on death penalty cases in Pennsylvania shows a strong tie between how a case proceeds through the justice system and who a defendant relies on for legal counsel.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Racial inequity of pot arrests spurs ACLU call for legalizing drug in Pa.

In 2016, African-Americans were eight times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana than their white counterparts, despite using the drug at similar rates.

7 years ago

Harrisburg Police Officer Josh Hammer, Mayor Eric Papenfuse and Capt. Deric Moody address reporters during a press conference about the city's body cameras pilot program. (Emily Previti)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Harrisburg launches pilot program for police body cameras

The capital city joins a small group of Pennsylvania municipalities that have tested or permanently integrated the equipment. ...

7 years ago

Emma Turner was granted a new trial on drug charges after identifying an alibi witness, but the new trial was averted because her probation ended as the case was pending. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Defendant’s quest for second look at case can outlast sentence in Philly

Police had their eye on Emma Turner’s Aramingo Avenue house long before November 2006. But that’s when she learned about it. ...

8 years ago

Listen 5:44
The spotlights of rolling cameras hit Bill Cosby's face as he looks up at the media helicopters above him seconds after he leaves Montgomery County Courthouse
View Finders
Courts & Law

Norristown comes into focus as Cosby hearing begins

On Tuesday, as preliminary hearings in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial got underway, a swarm of media descended on the Montgomery ...

9 years ago

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