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Stiller's seven-part Showtime series centers on the true story of two convicted murderers who used tools provided by a prison employee to break out of maximum security prison in 2015.

Nearly a decade after being tasked with the assignment, a state commission is still grappling with a mandate to create a risk assessment algorithm for Pennsylvania judges to use during criminal sentencing procedures.

A group of protesters from two inmate advocacy groups crashed the pomp and circumstance of the state Capitol's annual Christmas tree lighting Thursday to protest Pennsylvania's prison mail policy.

ITHACA, NY (WSKG) - Counties in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes are working together to find new places to house children in the criminal justice system.

(PITTSBURGH, PA (WSKG) -- The Pennsylvania chapter of the American civil liberties union has filed two lawsuits against the state for what it sees as overly restrictive policies on legal mail sent to prisoners.

Pennsylvania leaders are teaming up in an effort to reduce the number of people with mental illness in county jails across the commonwealth.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (WSKG) -- What would have been a low-key weeknight campaign fundraiser for Democratic Governor Tom Wolf Wednesday night ended up featuring a sidewalk altercation between dozens of protesters and police.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (WSKG) -- Inmates' rights groups are trying to turn their opposition to recent state prison policies into a campaign issue for Governor Tom Wolf.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- A number of groups that provide legal assistance to inmates in Pennsylvania's state prisons have stopped mail correspondence with their clients.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- Pennsylvania sentences more people to life in prison without the possibility of parole than any other state--and indeed, any other country--per capita, according to a new study from the Abolitionist Law Center.