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A rehabilitation program in Fayette County is giving tablets to prisoners.

A week after inmates were moved into the new Fayette County jail, the county prison board discussed potentially charging a per-day fee over the term of their stay in the facility. Board members Controller Robb Rhodes and Sheriff Jim Custer said Westmoreland County Prison charges a $10 per-day fee that goes toward facility management costs. […]

The Fayette County prison board discussed concerns about defense attorneys being unable to meet with clients. District Attorney Mike Aubele, a member of the prison board, said Wednesday that both private defense attorneys and attorneys in the county’s public defender’s office have raised the issue. “I think some of this was due to the move,” […]

For the 157 inmates lodged in the Fayette County Prison, Wednesday was moving day, as law enforcement officials oversaw their transfer to the county’s new jail. Prison Warden John Lenkey said the way the move went was “outstanding.” “It was completely uneventful, the way you want it to be uneventful,” said the jail’s Deputy Warden […]

The new Fayette County Jail is reaching the completion of construction with a chance for the public to take a facility tour before it’s fully operational.