Philly teens are regularly subjected to illegal lockdowns in detention, inspectors allege
Minors held in juvenile detention in Philadelphia are routinely locked in their rooms for days on end, in violation of state ...
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Advocates ‘hopeful’ about change under Allegheny County Jail warden nominee
Criminal justice advocates voiced tentative support for County Executive Sara Innamorato’s choice of Trevor Wingard as the ...
Allegheny County Executive Innamorato announces nominee for next jail warden
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato announced her nomination for the next jail warden. On Wednesday, Innamorato ...
'He seems genuine': Potential Allegheny County jail warden draws praise from skeptics
Trevor Wingard was serving as the superintendent at SCI Somerset in January 2017 when he learned his prison had been chosen ...
County executive proposes nominee for Allegheny County Jail warden
The Allegheny County Jail could soon have a new jail warden. According to our news partners at the Trib Monday, County ...
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Pennsylvania Corrections Department to Update Policies After CLEAR Commission Findings
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has announced plans to revise its internal affairs policies after receiving findings from the Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and Review Commission (CLEAR).
Proposed Allegheny County Jail warden spent career with state Department of Corrections
The proposed choice to become Allegheny County’s new warden retired two years ago from a lengthy career with the Pennsylvania ...
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New policies for discrimination complaints coming to PA Department of Corrections
The new internal affairs policies follow the first completed reports of the Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and Review ...
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DOC Adopts CLEAR Commission’s Accountability Plan, Sets New Standards for Parole Services
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) is taking groundbreaking steps to increase accountability and rebuild public trust by adopting key recommendations from the Citizen Law Enforcement ...
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Joint initiative to address staffing shortages in behavioral health workforce
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) announced a joint initiative this week with Carlow and ...
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Under Shapiro, half of clemency applications unsigned
In his first two years as governor, Josh Shapiro has signed about 50% of the clemency applications recommended to him by the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. During Gov. Tom Wolf’s second term, a ...