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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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Pennsylvania Reports More Republican Voters In 2021 Than Overall Voters In 2019 Pennsylvania Reports More Republican Voters In 2021 Than Overall Voters In 2019
Pennsylvania Reports More Republican Voters In 2021 Than Overall Voters In 2019 Ballot shortages across the states--specifically York and Lebanon Counties--were due to an unexpected rise in voter turnout. Republican turnout in York County alone went up 72 percent and Democratic Party turnout went up 62 percent compared to the municipal election in 2019, according to the York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler. “What happened yesterday was unacceptable and we need to put measures in place to fix it,” was a statement often repeated by the county commissioners at a brief conference on Wednesday afternoon. Registered Republicans in the county outnumber Democrats …

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by Jillian Pikora