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Outside Probe Suggested For PA Prison
By pittsburghlive.com
Published: 09/03/2010

HARRISBURG -- An agency outside the state Department of Corrections should investigate allegations that ranking officers misused leave and sick time, a lawmaker serving on the House Judiciary Committee said Thursday.

The department's Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating whether supervisors at prisons abused leave time, officials said this week.

Rep. Tom Creighton, a Lancaster Republican, said internal investigations don't carry the same credibility as those outside groups conduct. The committee on which Creighton serves oversees corrections issues.

Gov. Ed Rendell, who oversees the Corrections Department, should decide which outside agency to use, Creighton said.

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