Philadelphia Department Of Prisons | Audacy

Philadelphia's prisons commissioner rules out closing Detention Center, says conditions there have improved

March 4, 2025
Philadelphia voters will decide in May whether to establish community oversight for prisons

December 23, 2024
Philadelphia Department of Prisons welcomes new class of cadets following court order to boost recruitment The newest group of correctional officers is the largest graduating class is a decade

December 12, 2024
City Council will consider a community oversight board for Philadelphia's prisons

September 26, 2024
Mayor Parker introduces new prisons commissioner Resnick

April 10, 2024
Parker names new prisons commissioner, corrections veteran Michael Resnick

April 8, 2024
Blanche Carney to retire as Philadelphia prisons commissioner

March 25, 2024
Manhunt for Riverside Correctional Facility escapee carries into 2nd day 34-year-old Gino Hagenkotter escaped after a correctional officer escorted him to a lavatory

November 30, 2023
New report from watchdog group describes crisis of dangerous, degrading conditions in Philadelphia prisons

November 6, 2023
Newly released video of 2 inmates escaping from Philadelphia prison in May reveals multiple security failures According to video, the men simply walked out of their cells and slipped through a known hole in a fence

November 1, 2023