DNA ties man who died in prison to 1984 NJ killing, AG says
Authorities say DNA evidence has proven that a man who died in prison several years ago was responsible for the 1984 murder of a 19-year-old New Jersey woman.
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Authorities say DNA evidence has proven that a man who died in prison several years ago was responsible for the 1984 murder of a 19-year-old New Jersey woman.
Prison staff is to use extra caution with parole violators and newly arrived inmates.
Six corrections officers at the Montgomery County prison are facing criminal charges on accusations they assaulted two inmates on Valentine's Day.
Guards were tipped off by a few inmates who were trying to catch the bird.
A total of 17 staff members have reportedly quit since the standoff.
Pennsylvania prisons can no longer keep former death-row inmates in solitary confinement after their sentences have been changed.
A prison worker has been found dead after a nearly 20-hour standoff inside a maximum security prison in Smyrna, Delaware.
A longtime Pennsylvania congressman convicted of racketeering is set to start a 10-year prison term.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has vetoed proposed legislation that would limit the use of solitary confinement within state prisons.
Police in Ohio are accusing a woman of selling sex for $60 and some nachos.
The prison was placed on lockdown for a short time, but officials say this was an isolated event.
A former Penn professor who beat his wife to death while she was wrapping Christmas presents will serve his full prison term.
In explaining his punishment, the judge called Hastert a "serial child molester."
A young IBM executive, once incarcerated, has put all his mentoring tips in a new book.
The couple pleaded guilty in 2014 to bankruptcy fraud, and Joe Giudice pleaded guilty to not paying about $200,000 in taxes.
Ahmed was 16 months old at the time of the alleged crime.
He must serve a third of his sentence before he can become parole eligible.
Thirty-eight-year-old Omar Best, of Philadelphia, pretended for days to be on a work detail so he could target the victim when she was alone.
The mayor stresses Philadelphia already has a zero tolerance policy for inmate sexual abuse.
The Federal Detention Center is closed Wednesday.
Authorities say a New Jersey man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting several boys.
A New Jersey man who carved a swastika into the lawn of a family he had harassed has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.
Seventy-three-year-old Joe Dougherty was sentenced to 19 years in prison, after being convicted of conspiracy, arson and extortion.
Mayor Michael Nutter's plan to purchase land in Northeast Philadelphia on which to build a new prison has collapsed in City Council.
Controversy is growing over Mayor Nutter's plan to purchase land in the Northeast, potentially for a new prison. In the face of that, he seems to be trying to distance himself from the idea of a new jail house.
