8/18/16
by News Department on 08/18/16Prison restriction lifted...
The Schuylkill County prison can now accept newly sentenced criminals after a three-month ban from the state Department of Corrections.
According to the Republican Herald, the county commissioners and county prison board approved a new agreement Wednesday with the state DOC that lifts the May 4 order prohibiting the prison from accepting new inmates serving sentences between six months and five years.
Inmates serving sentences of two years or more can be sent to state facilities.
The settlement agreement lifts the ban on the condition that the county continue to submit biweekly reports on the inmate census to the state DOC and ensure that it does not exceed its approved capacity of 277 through June 30, 2017.
It goes into effect as soon as it is signed by the necessary state DOC officials.
