Pennsylvania

To recruit staff, the center’s youth care workers need raises, officials said

"It's like saying you can only play for the Phillies if you grew up in Philadelphia," said Mayor Jim Kenney

The scheme was discovered by a security threat intelligence unit official at the facility earlier this year

Under private management, the facility has been plagued by inmate deaths, attacks on officers, and mistreatment by supervisors

"Now is the time to riot, they are trying to kill us in here with COVID in here," one of the inmates allegedly said

"We think this could be a game-changer for us," said Corrections Director David Kratz

"I'm trying to make $100,000 before I head upstate," one of the now charged inmates wrote in a letter

The Philadelphia Bail Fund said it plans to use the money later this month "to free as many people as possible"

The jails have lost about 500 corrections staff during the pandemic, adding only 143 in the same time

When three COs found out their colleague's daughter had cancer, they created a unique way to make a difference

Rhonda Jean Russell had just been disarmed by the inmate when a police officer opened fire to protect her from harm

The county is moving to hold contractors to the same ethical standards as employees following reports of inmate abuses, inappropriate public comments

Sgt. Mark Baserman died days after he was assaulted by an inmate in 2018