Better ventilation and cleaner water are among the projects that will be paid from a jail fund that used to go to staff perks. Here's what else we learned from the jail's new director.
Both men died while housed in the jail’s medical unit, where the heating sources are located in the hallways.
The project to improve air flow is expected to begin next month, Bey said. Other projects will aim to improve water treatment and fix electrical problems, Bey said. The top priority was listed as “accountability,” and Bey said his hiring and that of an internal affairs investigator, both brand-new positions, were designed to add “a robust level of accountability that’s been missing.”
What wasn’t mentioned in the top 5 priorities or in the executive summary of year-end 2022 report was anything about trying to prevent deaths connected to the jail.PennLive Editorial Board Member Dr. Nirmal Joshi, an internal medicine physician, asked for concrete actions the jail was taking to reduce excess deaths.
Years of problems at the jail have damaged trust with the community, Bey said. He said accurate, timely transparency from the jail could start to rebuild it.
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