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HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Executive Deputy Secretary for Institutional Operations Tabb Bickell announced that plans are moving forward to close the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Retreat …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf announced that since March 1, the population of those in state correctional facilities has been reduced by 3,471 individuals, the largest multiple-month decrease ever …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Gov. Tom Wolf issued reprieves this week for the first group of Department of Corrections inmates who met criteria for the Temporary Program to Reprieve Sentences of …
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HARRISBURG, PA — On April 8, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, Montgomery County, died at the Einstein Medical Center. On April 11, the Montgomery County coroner …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Under the authority granted to him by the Pennsylvania Constitution and the Emergency Management Services Code, Governor Tom Wolf recently ordered Department of Corrections officials to establish …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary John Wetzel announced that he is extending the inmate visitation suspension and the use of enhanced employee screenings indefinitely at all state-run …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Beginning March 17, Pennsylvania Correctional Industries (PCI) stopped production at its garment factories system-wide to focus on manufacturing cloth masks to be used by Department of Corrections …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Corrections Sec. John Wetzel announced that at 10:00 PM on March 29, he implemented a statewide inmate quarantine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Corrections Sec. John Wetzel recently released an infographic report, Crimelines, highlighting the significant drop in crime over the past 20 years in Pennsylvania.
Read More HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Corrections Sec. John Wetzel recently spoke to employers at a roundtable hosted by the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce about the benefits of hiring reentrants …
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