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| PA's corrections chief says prison system can't afford business as usual |
| By wcn247.com - Taylor Nichol |
| Published: 04/08/2013 |
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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Pennsylvania's head of corrections says the state can't afford to continue the status quo with 51,000 inmates currently locked up in the prison system. The cost of managing that many prisoners has propelled the corrections department to become the second largest state government employer. John Wetzel, PA Corrections Department Secretary, says one in out of every 200 citizens is incarcerated. He presented those startling facts as he spoke to students, faculty and other guests at a criminal justice symposium at Westminster on Thursday night. Wetzel's keynote address for Westminster's Innovative Strategies in Criminal Justice Symposium. Wetzel has over two decades of experience in the corrections field with positions as a corrections officer, treatment counselor, supervisor of treatment services, training academy director, and warden. He was appointed as the corrections expert to the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons in 2007, and was appointed secretary of the Department of Corrections in 2010. Read More. |
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