Daily News | Philly prison union votes ‘no confidence’ in commissioner as ‘chaos’ continues in jails
Philadelphia Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney speaks to reporters in the lobby of the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in 2021, after a man was fatally shot on prison grounds. From left were Deputy Commissioner Terence Clark, Warden Nancy Giannetta and Deputy Commissioner Xavier Beaufort.
“This is an emergency,” Robinson said. “The chaos in the prisons, it’s gone too far. None of us feels safe. We don’t feel safe for the incarcerated persons, and we don’t feel safe for the staff. It’s time that we take a stand and let the city know how we feel.”
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