The state appeals court ruling levels the playing field among larger and smaller counties — and produces greater transparency.
By Todd Shepherd
Delco governments stay silent on details of inmate who died by ‘delayed homicide’
The inmate’s name was learned not because county officials shared it, but because documents obtained by a Right-to-Know request disclosed it.
By Todd Shepherd
The Editors: Local media gives Delco’s prison a pass now that government is the manager
A spate of deaths inside the George W. Hill Correctional Facility should merit a news story, but you won’t find one in the local papers of record.
By The Editors
Delco’s George W. Hill prison tallies third suicide in last ten months
The county has released precious little information about any of the three incidents.
By Todd Shepherd
Delco inmate’s death ruled a ‘delayed’ homicide
Along with two suicides at the prison in 2022, this latest death marks the third incident in which the county is refusing to divulge any details.
By Todd Shepherd
Wally Nunn: Guards, inmates, and taxpayers all suffer from Delaware County’s so-called “prison reform”
Violence against prisoners and guards is up, and costs are out of control, but elites are satisfied because it is no longer privately run.
By Wally Nunn
Delco prison sees two suicides in one calendar year for first time since 2015
The deaths followed the return of the county prison to government control after decades of private management.
By Todd Shepherd
Delco signals it intends to run prison at 70 percent capacity in the future
After taking over George W. Hill prison, the Delaware County Council county intends to run the correctional facility at somewhere between 60 to 70 percent of the prison’s original capacity.
By Todd Shepherd
Wally Nunn: Costly progressive agendas are hurting the working people of Delaware County
A professional corrections facility operator provides access to more resources, provides better programming and treatment for incarcerated individuals and, most importantly, operates more efficiently on the behalf of the county’s residents and taxpayers.
By Wally Nunn