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Franklin County workshop to address local, statewide public defense crisis

PASCO, Wash.-Franklin County will host a workshop on the ongoing public defender crisis at the HAPO Center on Wednesday, June 12 at 11 a.m.

Group making gains on recommendations to reduce mass incarceration

State officials say they brought portable toilets, bottled water to people at jail without water last week

A Baltimore jail was without water for nearly 36 hours between May 12 and 13, after the facility's main sanitation pipe had been clogged with paper waste and sewage, state officials acknowledged Tuesday.

Pottstown woman admits to fatally stabbing boyfriend, faces up to 12 years in prison

NORRISTOWN – A Pottstown woman faces up to 12 years in prison after she admitted to fatally stabbing her boyfriend while acting under a sudden and intense passion during an argument that erupted after she saw him viewing social media profiles of an ex-girlfriend. Caitlin Celina Mauras, 23, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to […]

Poloncarz considers creating new Public Defender's Office

At Wednesday s State of the County address, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz will announce he s laying the groundwork for a new Public Defender s Office.