“Bringing our state resources to bear here to give them a hand, I think is actually part of our responsibility for responsible incarceration,” said Williams, who is sponsoring the legislation to require that a greater portion of the savings realized from the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) be directed to fund Pennsylvania’s county jails to improve security and safety of inmates and staff. “It’s community safety, prison safety and security officer safety,” he added.
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