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Probe Reveals Corruption at Pennsylvania Jail
Loaded on Oct. 10, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2014, page 52
Probe Reveals Corruption at Pennsylvania Jail
A former guard at Pennsylvania’s Erie County Prison and his supervisor, who is also his wife, were accepted into a special diversion program for first-time offenders after being charged in connection with payroll tampering and missing ammunition. Another guard was demoted following an investigation ...
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