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Delaware County Jail Oversight Board

B+L Investigates

Three years of county management, and key conditions at Delco prison keep declining, monitors show

April 16, 2026April 18, 2026
Todd Shepherd

Delaware County taxpayers have absorbed three consecutive property tax increases while the prison’s annual budget has grown 13 percent. A five-year record of independent monitoring data raises a pointed question: what are they getting for it?

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Delco jail oversight board member also has millions of dollars in county contracts

December 6, 2024February 4, 2025
Todd Shepherd

One of the seats on the Delaware County Jail Oversight Board reserved for citizens is filled by a man who […]

Justice System

From the Editors: An open letter to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024
The Editors

The Delco Jail Oversight Board cannot conduct its business in secrecy any more than any other governmental body.
From the Editors

Crime

Delco weekend prisoners say facility wrongly puts them in general population

August 21, 2024September 6, 2024
Bradley Vasoli

Several prisoners sentenced to George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GWHCF) as “weekenders” say they’ve endured vastly different conditions than those […]

Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: Will USA 250 lead to a better Philadelphia? Don’t bet on it.

Thom Nickels: Will USA 250 lead to a better Philadelphia? Don’t bet on it.

schedule April 17 2026
ink_pen Thom Nickels

The poet T.S. Eliot once wrote, “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory […]

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