The chronic consequences of understaffing at Philly’s prisons - a podcast by Radio.com

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 (morning edition):

• The District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced that former Philadelphia Police officer Patrick Heron, 53, who was already facing a slew of child sexual assault charges, had been re-arrested on 233 new counts.


• A car crash in Northeast Philly hurt three children and one adult near the intersection of Roosevelt Boulevard and Southampton Road.


• A Philadelphia City Council hearing on the escape last month of two men from Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center provided little new information about the prison break. But a disturbing picture of the city’s prison system, and the lives of corrections officers, emerged as the hearing exposed the consequences of chronic understaffing at Philly’s five prisons.


• SEPTA continues to test the next-to-arrive countdown clock at stations on the Market-Frankford Line, but the transit agency says it won't be fully rolled out anytime soon. 

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