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The oversight board would be just one of several new outside authorities brought in to monitor or course-correct the jails
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The city committed to paying hiring and retention bonuses for correctional officers
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"It's like saying you can only play for the Phillies if you grew up in Philadelphia," said Mayor Jim Kenney
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
The grant is aimed at reducing by 15% the number of people in city jails by the end of 2022
The corrections officer is identified as 25-year-old Tyree Holmes
A city corrections officer is facing charges in a shooting that wounded a 16-year-old boy
Inmate Antonie Fletcher, 37, allegedly punched correctional officer D’Juana Henry, 29
Group is refuting criticism that they engage in delay tactics and other methods
On Wednesday evening, four high school students got an up-close view of the next stop in that pipeline
Officials referred the case to the District Attorney's Office for investigation, prison spokeswoman Shawn Hawes said, after an Internal Affairs probe "did raise some concerns"
Matthew Koncsler died in March 2013 from an accidental drug overdose in Schuylkill County Prison, but official neglect contributed to it, a coroner's jury ruled
State CO is jailed after being arrested in tax fraud scheme that allegedly netted him and 4 accomplices thousands
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