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Since the escape and manhunt of convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, Howard Holland has been tasked with improving prison safety and community connections.

Holland has been tasked with improving security at the facility, which in April housed an average of 687 inmates, as well as filling the large number of staff vacancies among correctional officers that has plagued the prison since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Holland has been tasked with improving security at the facility, which in April housed an average of 687 inmates, as well as filling the large number of staff vacancies among correctional officers that has plagued the prison since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Members of Fayette County’s prison board revisited the topic of charging inmates at the new jail a daily housing fee. At Wednesday’s regular meeting, county Controller Robb Rhodes said counties like Westmoreland and Somerset impose a $10-per-day fee to each inmate housed in a county jail. That money, he said, goes toward facility management costs. […]

The decision will not become official until later this month when the Chester County Prison Board meets in a public voting session.