Chloe Jaco News Today

In February, the commissioners voted to adopt a resolution to declare a public emergency relative to a juvenile detention bed crisis in Berks County.

“Your jail is full,” a consultant told county leaders Monday. “You’re starting to push those limits on those empty beds.”

After months of gathering data and input from Lancaster County government staff and the public, the consultant overseeing the building of a new prison gave county commissioners an initial estimate