Chester County citizens deserve to be safe in their homes and communities.
By Raffi Terzian
Staffing crisis at Bucks County prison disrupts overnight inmate intake
Staffing levels have dropped so low at the Bucks County jail that overnight intake of new prisoners was closed one time, and considered a second time.
By Todd Shepherd
Guy Ciarrocchi: This time, Democrats’ law enforcement failures hit home
Chester County Democrats’ indifference to law enforcement and our border created this crisis.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
New court ruling could pry loose autopsy of Delco inmate who died by ‘delayed homicide’
The state appeals court ruling levels the playing field among larger and smaller counties — and produces greater transparency.
By Todd Shepherd
As two inmates escape from a Philadelphia prison, deeper problems come to light
The escape of two inmates — one charged with four homicides — comes just one week after the correctional officers’ union held a unanimous vote of no confidence in Commissioner Blanche Carney.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
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
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 Council extends prison recruiting contract as staffing issues persist
The prison’s transition from private to government management has not gone as smoothly as promised.
By Todd Shepherd
R. Seth Williams: Pennsylvania should end life without parole
Pennsylvania all but eliminated the chance to reward lifers’ rehabilitation — we should restore it.
By R. Seth Williams