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45 York County Prisoners File Suit Over 'Unjustified Terror' 45 York County Prisoners File Suit Over 'Unjustified Terror'
45 York County Prisoners File Suit Over 'Unjustified Terror' York County and several of its correctional officials are facing a class action suit by more than 45 current and former prisoners alleging a "toxic culture" of "excessive and unjustified terror," as first reported by the York Daily Record. Filed in the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg on Dec. 13, the suit says that the county hired a “full-service High-Risk Corrections Special Operations Mitigation Unit” that fosters “a toxic culture where excessive and unjustified terror and violence is perpetrated with impunity." The complaint is specifically filed …

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Book Ban, Including Sesame Street, Sparks Protest In Pennsylvania Book Ban, Including Sesame Street, Sparks Protest In Pennsylvania
Book Ban, Including Sesame Street, Sparks Protest In Pennsylvania A student protest is under way after a list of banned media was released which includes Sesame Street and PBS documentaries. A diversity committee was formed at the Central York School District to overhaul the school's representation of diverse voices and highlight topics that were more culturally relevant in 2020. Instead the list was turned into a banned media list as anti-critical race theory sentiments rose. The change happened at a school board meeting in Nov. of 2020. That night the school board of the Central York School District voted in support of a "resource ban" of the diversit…

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by Jillian Pikora