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Updated: 9:51 PM EDT April 28, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — Even as vaccines become available in prisons and county jails, a majority of inmates are choosing not to get one. Jails are known as COVID-19 hotspots where the virus can spread through communal spaces and shared cells. Yet at Lancaster and Dauphin County Prisons, which both held their first vaccine clinic this week, only about one quarter of inmates volunteered to be vaccinated. At Lancaster County Prison, 163 of the nearly 700 inmates got vaccinated on Tuesday, according to Warden Cheryl Steberger. At Dauphin County Pri...

7 hours ago Citing $1 million a day of wasted federal dollars, the American Civil Liberties Union called on President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday to close 39 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the U.S., including the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral. The federal government has been paying for the empty bed spaces at these facilities, almost all run by privately-owned companies, which the ACLU called “wasting” taxpayer money. The ACLU established a criteria for the 39 facilities it is calling on the federal government to close. In ...

The ACLU says there have been "documented patterns of abuse, mistreatment and misconduct'' at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. In a report the ACLU released earlier this month, the organization alleges failures at the facility to properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic led to an outbreak that included the first death of a person in ICE custody to the virus. The report also alleges persistently inadequate medical care for detainees, dangerous building conditions, and abuse and retaliation against detainees and employees. "Time and time again, the immigration detention facilities in San Diego ...

Youths robbed 4 different people at gunpoint in half-hour spree: York City police Updated 8:52 PM; At least one York City teen has been arrested after he allegedly went on a robbery spree with three other juveniles in a stolen car on Monday. William Calderon, 16, faces four counts of robbery and a felony count of receiving stolen property. He’s also charged with misdemeanors of receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a minor. Calderon, of the 600 block of Vander Avenue, was arraigned Tuesday before District Judge Jennifer J.P. Clancy and is in York County Prison on $75,000...

Why do people keep mysteriously dying after entering Dauphin County Prison? | Opinion Updated Apr 09, 2021; Something is wrong at Dauphin County Prison. A 19-year-old shouldn’t just die after losing consciousness in his cell. It’s time we listen carefully to the protesters who faithfully have been marching for months and will be out there again at 10 a.m. Saturday, trying to tell the community something is wrong at Dauphin County Prison. Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick couldn’t provide a reason for Kejuan Cooke’s death this week, and is awaiting test results. Officials say Cook...