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The Berks County detention center has been the subject of repeated controversy and criticism. In 2016, a former guard at the Berks County Residential Center pled guilty to and was sentenced for repeatedly sexually assaulting a 19-year-old detainee from Honduras in 2014.
Opened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison. Graterford opened in 1929 and worked with Eastern State Penitentiary until its closing in 1970.
Jan. 20—After nearly four years of preliminary discussions, the Berks County commissioners took the first official steps toward building a new county prison. The commissioners voted during their ...
A Pennsylvania mom convicted in the hanging murders of her two young children was sentenced to prison, according to multiple reports.. According to NBC News, the Reading Eagle and WPVI, 41-year ...
On Thursday, Snyder was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of life without parole, said the Berks County District Attorney. She was also sentenced to 8.5 to 17 years in prison for child ...
Bern Township is the location of the Berks County Prison System, which held 1545 prisoners, 22.7% of the township's population. [6] The age distribution was 16.0% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% 65 or older. The township hosts three of the county's 12 nursing homes for seniors.
Sep. 29—Even before nine juveniles escaped from the detention center known as Abraxas Academy on Sept. 17 and spent the night roaming the southern Berks County countryside before being captured ...
Berks County Residential Center; C. State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill; Chester County Prison; State Correctional Institution – Coal Township; D.