Biden Signs Bill Aiming to Ease Costs for Prison Calls
PBS News Hour: Colleen Long, Associated Press - January 5, 2023 President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill aimed at easing...
PA Department of Corrections Raises Prison Wages
The Department of Corrections has raised wages for people in custody in Pennsylvania state prisons in response to skyrocketing inflation...
PA Prison Society Calls Attention to Skyrocketing State Prison Commissary Prices
Pennsylvania Prison Society - December 15, 2022 The prices incarcerated people pay for toiletries, over-the-counter medication, food, and...
PAR Recycle Works Highlighted in WHYY Feel Good Fridays Series
WHYY: Elizabeth Estrada - November 25, 2022 The aisles and shelves in the warehouse at PAR-Recycle Works in North Philadelphia are...
Opinion: Feds Make It Too Hard for Formerly Incarcerated People to Access Social Security Benefits
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Jeffrey Abramowitz and TJ von Oehsen - November18th, 2022 In Pennsylvania, far more people with disabilities...
Broad Street Ministry’s Civic Engagement Reaches an Important Voting Group
PGN: Michele Zipkin - October 26, 2022 With the midterm elections in less than two weeks, organizations and individuals have been ramping...
PILP Client Becomes First Person in DOC Custody to Receive Gender-Affirming Surgery
After five years of advocacy, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) is pleased to announce that their client has become the...
Calls Grow Louder for Federal Takeover of NYC’s Troubled Rikers Island Jail
Photo Credit: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Bloomberg: Fola Akinnibi - October 13, 2022 A federal judge overseeing reforms at the New York...
A Mural Program Helps Previously Incarcerated Women Return To Life
NextCity: Marielle Argueza - October 5, 2022 December Ablessing Collins is hard to miss in a room. She constantly uses her hands to talk...
Philadelphia Prison Population on the Rise After Years of Decreases
KYW Newsradio: Pat Loeb - September 25, 2022 Philadelphia's prison population is rising again after years of going down — so much so that...