The mother of a man who died nearly two years ago while incarcerated at Rockview state prison filed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged the finding he died by suicide.

The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...

A co-owner of a downtown State College cheesesteak shop was sentenced on Friday to a term of 15 to 30 years in state prison ...

A Chester County man’s whose history went from wrongly convicted felon to exonerated millionaire to crime victim has been ...

Assistant DA says “slap on the wrist” carjacking sentence in Philly put 25-year-old defendant back on streets too soon.

As more than a dozen of the homeowners he swindled confronted him in court, calling him a “scourge” on the community, the ...

Ramon Garcia, of Philadelphia, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting patients while he was an employee at an urgent care ...

Ramon Garcia, 34, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to spying on and groping women at Carbon Health's offices in Dresher and ...

The hulking facility overlooking San Francisco Bay in Marin County is the oldest correctional facility in California, dating ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The trial of three long-retired Philadelphia ... Anthony Wright, then 20, was convicted of rape and ...

WILLIAMSPORT—The suicide ruling in the 2023 death of a convicted murderer while incarcerated at the State Correctional ...

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (OSV News) -- The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted for the first time a four-day event to promote ...