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Prison board approves pilot to let some defendants serve short weekend sentences to keep jobs
Summary
The Chester County Prison Board approved a pilot allowing selected defendants to serve short sentences on consecutive weekends to preserve weekday employment; the board set the program fee equal to the booking-processing fee, with warden discretion to defer collection for indigent people. The pilot will start with about 15 participants.
The Chester County Prison Board of Inspectors on April 29 approved a pilot program that would let certain defendants serve short sentences on consecutive weekends so they can maintain weekday employment.
Clerk described the plan as a limited pilot targeting a class of DUI or short-sentence offenders who typically serve, for example, a 15-day term…
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