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How some police, attorneys, and jails are trying to help Pa.’s ailing system for mentally ill people
Missing traffic stop data from Pa. State Police undercut 2021 analysis for racial disparities
More than 85% of Pennsylvania State Police stations failed to collect demographic data for all traffic stops last year.
Pennsylvania election 2022: Where Doug Mastriano, Josh Shapiro stand on crime, justice issues
Racial breakdown of Pa. State Police traffic stops delayed by data problems, officials say
Pennsylvania State Police will not release an analysis on the racial breakdown of traffic stops this year
5 takeaways from our event on Pennsylvania’s flawed police hiring database
Panelists said legislative action and other accountability measures are needed to close loopholes left in the 2020 law that created Pennsylvania’s law enforcement hiring database.
Statewide Pennsylvania police hiring database hindered by loopholes, lack of enforcement
A Pennsylvania database of police personnel records lauded as a national model is riddled with loopholes that raise serious questions.
Despite high vaccination rates among Pa. prisoners, some COVID restrictions remain in place
Incarcerated people and their advocates are asking the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to reconsider COVID-19 restrictions that affect quality of life.
To successfully use Pennsylvania’s ‘compassionate release’ law, he had to choose to die
A late-stage cancer diagnosis left Bradford Gamble with a difficult decision: Receive treatment in a Pennsylvania state prison or die on the outside.