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| PA Inmates Moved to Michigan |
| By philly.com |
| Published: 04/12/2010 |
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HARRISBURG - Dawn had barely broken when prison guards shook Raheem Tucker awake and told him to pack his belongings and board a bus that would be taking him to another institution 500 miles away: in Michigan. "He didn't get any other warning," said his father, Rob Tucker, 56, who lives in Northeast Philadelphia, "and he didn't get any say-so. We only found out because a friend of his called us to tell us." That is how Pennsylvania Corrections officials say they must handle the delicate - and controversial - task of shipping 2,100 inmates out of state as a way to ease an overcrowding problem that has reached near-crisis proportions. So far, 1,633 inmates have been transferred to Michigan and Virginia, the two states that Pennsylvania has contracted with to accept its prisoners. The remaining 467 will be moved by the end of the month. Read More. |
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