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Pennsylvania County Prisons Not Reporting Critical Incidents
Loaded on June 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2012, page 38
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) requires county prisons to submit monthly “extraordinary occurrence” reports as part of the department’s duty to inspect local lock-ups and identify deficiencies. However, the accuracy of the self-reported data has been faulty in some cases and many county prisons fail to file the reports, ...
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
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