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Pa. to combine some corrections department, parole board functions
By cpbj.com- Jennifer Wentz
Published: 10/20/2017

Pennsylvania plans to combine certain functions of its Department of Corrections and its Board of Probation and Parole in an effort to "eliminate bureaucratic redundancies," Gov. Tom Wolf's office announced Thursday.

The consolidations are not a full merger - a strategy that the Wolf administration used to cut costs when it created the new Department of Health and Human Services - but rather a move to decrease overlap between certain administrative functions.

“We are giving legislators exactly what they have been calling for – taxpayer savings through the restructuring of state government; and we’re doing so in a way that continues to provide for public safety while eliminating duplication of efforts,” Wolf said in a news release.

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