prisons
New Jersey Prisons Adopt Uniform Policy On Menorah Lighting
The New Jersey Department of Corrections is regulating menorah lighting in the state’s prisons.
Philadelphia Councilman Wants To Put Prison Inmates To Work
Insisting it won’t be the modern-day equivalent of a chain gang, a city councilman is calling for hearings on the idea of paying inmates of Philadelphia prisons to work on streets and in the parks.
Corbett Scraps Plan To Build $200M Prison
After years of talk about Pennsylvania’s mushrooming inmate population, the Corbett Administration has now scrapped plans for a $200 million prison near Pittsburgh — one of four new prisons that the state had planned to build.
