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| BetaGov Helping Pennsylvania Corrections Department Turn Ideas into Policy |
| By prnewswire.com |
| Published: 04/01/2016 |
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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In November 2015, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) launched a department-wide initiative to examine its policies and practices surrounding the use of solitary confinement and ways to reduce in-prison violence. The goal of this initiative is to reduce the use of solitary confinement and reduce in-prison assaults and other forms of violence that lead inmates to solitary confinement in the first place. "This initiative is important because it is about safety, and we want to make sure that reducing our use of solitary confinement does not come at the expense of increasing violence or assaults, which make our facilities less safe for both our staff and inmates," Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said. Read More. |
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