The issue arose at a meeting Wednesday when Berks County Jail System Warden Jeffrey Smith asked the board for guidance over a request he received from ICE to change its policy on detainers.

Berks County Jail: “Focused attention on nonviolent offenders and alternative sentencing, looking at the issue of work release and day reporting. We need to continue to seek alternatives for the ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

READING, Pa. – The Berks County Board of Commissioners used its weekly operations meeting on Tuesday to each present its goals for 2025. These presentations have become an annual tradition for ...

The increase would help to add about 250 beds to the Salt Lake County jail system after residents rejected a half-billion-dollar bond in November that would have expanded one of the facilities and ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration is recommending the closure of a state prison and a boot camp, as well as two state-run Community Corrections Centers – one of which is in Berks County.

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - The Butte County Jail is set to welcome nine new employees ... Scott Kennelly, the Director of Behavioral Health, explained to Action News Now that in recent years, a ...

It would be best to send them to specialized care, but often they're at max capacity. This forces places like the Marathon County Jail to hold people who are struggling with mental illness. Marathon ...

CONROE, Texas — The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Justice Bureau has passed a rigorous inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. This achievement highlights the bureau's ability to ...