Tag: John Wetzel

Epidemiologists, Inmate Rights Advocates Urging Officials to Reduce Inmate Population in Local Prisons as Coronavirus Pandemic Continues

Epidemiologists and inmate rights advocates are urging officials to reduce the inmate population in local prisons due to the coronavirus outbreak, write Joseph Darius Jaafari…

Officials cut ribbon to Graterford prison replacement — SCI Phoenix in Skippack

As SCI Graterford prepares to close its doors, the brand new State Correctional Institution Phoenix is awaiting inmates’ and staff’s arrival.

“With a clap…

After Over a Year of Delays, Opening Date for the New Skippack Prison Still Unknown

Pennsylvania officials have been meeting with the developer of the new prison facility being constructed in Skippack in an effort to finally determine a potential…