Coronavirus Death Counts Exceed One Per Day in Pennsylvania Prisons
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Editorial Board - January 22, 2021 Coronavirus is raging in Pennsylvania’s state prisons. In the first 20 days...
Prisons Have Already Failed to Contain Covid-19. What Happens When the New Variants Arrive?
Vox: Aviva Stahl - January 30, 2021 The rapid spread of new variants of the coronavirus, some of which seem to be more contagious than...
COVID is Ravaging the Incarcerated. Where Are The Solutions?
Generocity: Lynette Hazelton - January 22, 2021 "We're entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus..." Amid the...
Webinar: Systemic Racism and the Courts - December 2nd
Click Here To Register Date/ Time: December 2nd, 2pm EST There are a number of access points for racism to creep into our civil and...
Pennsylvania Prisons Face a Deadly ‘Full-Blown Resurgence’ of COVID-19
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Samantha Melamed - November 12, 2020 As the coronavirus shut down Pennsylvania in March, state prisons slammed...
The Inquirer Introduces New Policy Against Use of Mug Shots
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Danese Kenon - September 11, 2020 At most news organizations, mugshots are a default companion to many crime...
PRC and Office of Criminal Justice Hosting Training on History of Racism in the Criminal Justice Sys
Join PRC for part one of a two- part training series on putting racial equity into practice in Philadelphia’s criminal justice system,...
Philadelphia Reports First Death from Coronavirus In It's Jails
Jeremy Roebuck, Laura McCrystal, Chris Palmer and Dylan Purcell - April 14, 2020 "A 48-year-old woman on Tuesday became the first...
Black Preachers Urge the Release Inmates to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus
John N. Mitchell - April 2, 2020 The Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity joined the voices of other organizations seeking the...
How Bill Barr’s COVID-19 Prisoner Release Plan Could Favor White People
Eli Hager - March 28, 2020 It seemed a welcome announcement for prisoners and their families. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General William...