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Conditions for PA prison workers topic of House Judiciary Committee meeting
By centredaily.com- Jeremy Hartley
Published: 11/21/2014

BELLEFONTE — While the officers and staff who work in state prisons say they are short staffed, those within the Department of Corrections say rising costs and budget concerns need to be brought under control before staffing issues can be addressed.

Representatives of the prison system met before a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Thursday at the Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte to bring their testimonies about staffing and the impact of current staff numbers to the committee.

The issue of staffing came to the committee’s attention over the past two years, Rep. Ronald Marsico, R-Dauphin, said, due to incidents of violence against correctional officers, inmates and staff.

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