PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The chief of the Philadelphia Department of Prisons is leaving the job after a series of inmate deaths and escapes. Blanche Carney, who has overseen the city's four prisons and jails since 2016,told staffersin a letter on Monday...
The Philadelphia Department of Prisons did not administer insulin to Jung, who had Type 1 diabetes, for the last six days of his life, according to the suit. Prison medical officials also failed to provide glucose monitoring, call for emergency care, send Jung to the hospital or ...
"He's bringing a lot of knowledge to this department and it's something that's, lack of better words, something that's been needed for a long time," Robinson said. Along with serving in public safety and prison roles in Philly, Resnick said he headed up p...
The Philadelphia Department of Prisons did not administer insulin to Jung, who had Type 1 diabetes, for the last six days of his life, according to the suit. Prison medical officials also failed to provide glucose monitoring, call for emergency care, send Jung to the hospital or place him...
Prison staff at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility said the inmate was "fatally assaulted." Medics tried to save the inmate by administering CPR, but officials said he died just after 4:30 a.m. "The Department of Prisons strives to provide a safe, lawful and secure correctional environment...
Beyond the walls: Risk factors for overdose mortality following release from the Philadelphia Department of PrisonsOverdoseIncarcerationSubstance use disorderCriminal justiceMortalityBackground: High overdose mortality after release from state prison systems is well documented; however, little is known about ...
Hagenkotter scaled a fence, walked through a city sanitation department yard next to the prison, took off his jumpsuit and was last seen on surveillance video walking down the street, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore. No one was hurt. Vanore said Hagenkotter does not have ...
the clique with this administration, you don't get anything – you're considered the bottom barrel feeder, and they treat you like a bottom barrel person," Bishop said.Carney pushed back on some of the claims made by Bishop.RELATED:Man stabbed at Philadelphia prison where 2 inmates escaped"...
Philadelphia- the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania ...
And those are just statistics for the Philadelphia Police Department. When it is too difficult to file a complaint, some citizens just give up. Unfortunately, many complaints may be justified or attempted, but are never registered. In one undercover spot-check of the Philadelphia Police Department...