Pennsylvania Takes More Steps To Reduce Prison Population

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania enacted a new law Wednesday that is designed to limit the stays of lower-risk offenders in prison in its latest effort to reduce the state’s prison population and to stop first-time offenders from becoming repeat offenders.
Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, signed the two-bill package shortly after the Republican-controlled Senate approved the bills. The GOP-controlled House did the same Tuesday.
Key provisions involve getting shorter-sentence offenders o