One PA Jail Helps Another
March 13th, 2009
The Berks County PA commissioners Thursday approved housing as many as 30 inmates from Bucks County in the Berks prison to help Bucks cope with overcrowding, according to the Reading Eagle.
Berks will receive $55 a day per inmate, officials said. Berks Warden George A. Wagner said the prison population has dropped to 1,070 this year from 1,300 last year. Wagner said the prison ideally should house about 900 inmates. However, he said, the prison can accommodate the additional inmates from Bucks.
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