Pennsylvania Has Seen a Steady Decline in Crime Rate over Last 20 Years
CRIMELINES A 20 Year Story of Crime and Incarceration A new infographic from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections illustrates crime...
PRC Highlighted in Mayor Kenney's Reflections on First Term
Criminal Justice Reform: Restoring Equity to a Broken System MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge The first year of the Mayor’s term,...
Register Now: 2019 AL DÍA 18th Annual Philadelphia Diverse City Career Fair
"Here at AL DIA, we’ve put our passion for building, thriving, multicultural communities to work by developing the city’s first career...
Opinion: PA’s new sentencing algorithm is a weapon of mass incarceration
December 11, 2018, Reuben Jones - Billy Penn What did Walt Whitman mean when he wrote “I am large, I contain multitudes”? The famous...
Punishing poverty: How Philly’s cash bail system does more harm than good | Opinion
December 3, 2018, Malcolm Jenkins - The Philadelphia Inquirer Our money bail system is a travesty. Every day in Philadelphia, people who...
Meek Mill: Prisoners Need a New Set of Rights
November 26, 2018, Meek Mill - the New York Times I’m blessed — I’m busy recording an album and catching up with friends and fans as my...
Why is Malcolm Jenkins bailing out Philly criminal defendants?
November 26, 2018, Samantha Melamed - The Philadelphia Inquirer On Sunday afternoon, defensive back Malcolm Jenkins made a red-zone...
Portraits of Justice Events
Portraits of Justice, is a meaningful new project from Mural Arts that engages the public in reimagining the criminal justice system...
ACLU of Pennsylvania Releases Blueprint with Roadmap for Cutting Incarceration by 50 Percent
September 5, 2018, Ian Pajer-Rogers - ACLU of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA — The ACLU of Pennsylvania today released a new report that...
Dialogue about Risk/Needs Assessments and Race
"A recent ProPublica story on risk and needs assessment asked some important questions about a particular risk and needs assessment tool...