PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially dismissed counts from litigation initiated by a local woman who alleged that Bucks County and a number of its corrections officials had failed to ensure its prison was free of drugs, which she said led one of her loved ones to fatally overdose while in custody.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman continues to maintain charges that Bucks County and a number of its corrections officials had failed to ensure its prison was free of drugs, which she said led one of her loved ones to fatally overdose while in custody.
PHILADELPHIA – Bucks County and several of its corrections officials have motioned to dismiss a local woman’s litigation against them, one connected to the fatal overdose of a man incarcerated in its system, for failure to state a claim.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman has brought litigation against Bucks County and a number of its corrections officials, alleging that their failure to ensure its prison was free of drugs led one of her loved ones to fatally overdose while in custody.
Prison Warden Gone, Second County Leader Out This Week
The Bucks County Correctional Facility’s warden is out.
Warden Paul Lagana is gone as the top leader at the Doylestown Township campus that has been in the headlines for how the county handles people with mental health problemsand COVID-19 cases behind bars.
Sources with knowledge of correctional center operations said management acknowledged Lagana would no longer being running the facility over the past days.
The reason for Lagana’s departure was not released.
“Paul Lagana’s separation from employment with the county becomes effective this Monday, Jan. 4. Because we don’t comment publicly on personnel issues I can’t elaborate on the circumstances,” said county communications director Larry King.