Rep. Kathy Rapp, who represents Warren and Forest counties, said the Warren escape is just one recent example of why jail safety and infrastructure need to be addressed, reported WESA-FM in Pittsburgh. Two inmates also escaped from the Philadelphia correctional facility in May. Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from Chester County jail almost two weeks ago, was taken into custody early Wednesday.
“The bills are really to tighten up and look at
what's going on in our jails that we need to take a good look at and make them
safer so that our communities are safer," Rapp said, "especially when
we see escapees breaking out of our county jails and striking fear into the
hearts of our constituents.”
Rapp plans to introduce a bill that would remove the
chance of parole for inmates that try to escape.
“Since they're escapees, we know they want to get
out of jail, right? So if they know that they're not going to have a chance
then with parole, hopefully that will disincentivize an escape,” Rapp said.
Other bills in this package would provide jail
infrastructure funding, allow county jails to hire off-duty corrections
officers from other counties and state corrections officers, create an alert
system for prison escapes, and require a security audit of county jails that
experienced an escape.
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