Criminal Justice
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Report: DHS officials to sell off proposed Pa. ICE detention centers
According to a report from the New York Times, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials plan to sell or give away most of the warehouses bought to detain immigrants, including warehouses in Berks and Schuylkill Counties.
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10 Pennsylvania cold cases: Unsolved murders across the state
Learn more about the most head-scratching, heart-wrenching unsolved murders in Pennsylvania.
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13% of women in Pa. prisons serving life amid US incarceration spike
Most women who are incarcerated in Pennsylvania are serving time for nonviolent offenses, such as drug or property crimes or weapons possession.
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Bucks County inmate work release program won’t be suspended despite rash of escapes
Bucks County Corrections Department officials have no plans to suspend a work release program in the wake of two additional inmates who failed to return after leaving from jobs.
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Pa. Department of Corrections is closing two prisons over critics’ objections
The process is expected to be carried out over four months, and estimates say it could save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
