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  Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Lancaster is the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County is the sixth largest metropolitan statistical area in Pennsylvania, with a population of 470,658 according to the 2000 Census.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania   (784 words)

  
 Learn more about Prison in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The argument for privatization stresses cost reduction, whereas the arguments against it focus on standards of care, and the question of whether a market economy for prisons might not also lead to a market demand for prisoners (that is, a strong lobby for ever-tougher sentencing to satisfy the need for cheap labor).
Prisons may outsource medical care to private companies such as Correctional Medical Services, which, according to Hylton's research, try to minimize the amount of care given to prisoners in order to maximize profits.
Prisons may specialize exclusively in male or in female prisoners, or have separate departments for each sex.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /p/pr/prison.html   (560 words)

  
 Lancaster County Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lancaster County Prison is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Fulton Hall, of the Fulton Opera House, was built on the exercise yard of the old prison.
The prison was designed to look like [1] a castle in Lancashire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancaster_County_Prison   (82 words)

  
 Prison Portal: Overview
The prison is only the third structure built as a jail in the county since Lancaster County incorporated in 1729.
The prisoner population is composed primarily of inmates from the age of 18 on up, although there is a provision in the Pennsylvania state law for holding violent youthful offenders, subject to certain conditions under the age of 18.
Being eligible for parole does not mean automatic release, as the prisoners approval for release on parole is subject to review by a judge on county sentence cases and by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole on state sentenced cases and may be conditioned on a variety of factors.
www.co.lancaster.pa.us /lcprison/cwp/view.asp?a=705&q=521776   (759 words)

  
 Lancaster County Resource Guide: Corrections
The Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center is scheduled to replace Barnes Hall in 2002.
The Lancaster County prison is administered by the prison board and a warden appointed by the commissioners.
Prison chaplains provide spiritual counseling and the prison has added a second mental health counselor to help individuals with decision making as well as anger and stress management.
specialsections.lancasteronline.com /resourceguide/corrections.htm   (414 words)

  
 Lancaster County Prison -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Lancaster County Prison is located in (Click link for more info and facts about Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The (A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment) prison was originally built in 1737.
The prison was designed to look like a castle in (A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles) Lancashire.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lancaster_county_prison.htm   (121 words)

  
 Lancaster County Historical Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War.
Other items are a photograph of a map of Lancaster County as it was in 1729, a Hershey Machine and Foundry booklet, and an excerpt from a Lancaster Co. article (1843) mentioning early ironmasters and a summary of the 1840 manufacturing census.
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection, MG-277 This collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department.
www.lancasterhistory.org /collections/archives/manuscriptgroups.html   (10238 words)

  
 William Parker Foulke Papers, American Philosophical Society
He was associated with the American Association for Improvement of Prison Discipline, the Convention of State Prison Wardens (becoming Corresponding Secretary in 1861), and was in regular contact with prisons and prison associations in New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
A solid reformer, Foulke was deeply devoted to the cause of penal reform, and the collection is rich in material relating to county and state prisons and prison reform associations, particularly the Philadelphia Prison Society, the New York Prison Association, and the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries in Public Prisons.
There is a very fine set of letters written by Foulke to his aunt Eleanor (1792-1882) describing his tour of Pennsylvania county prisons in 1847 and 1848, describing travel conditions in central and western Pennsylvania, the landscape, geology, social life in small towns, and agriculture.
www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/f/foulke.htm   (1824 words)

  
 Lancaster Online.com: Top Local News : Bustin’ in
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - At age 23, she has been in Lancaster County Prison 17 times, mainly for drug-related crimes, compounded by depression.
The county is expecting a report by Oct. 1 from Temple University professor Alan Harland, who is analyzing the prison population and making recommendations on how to improve operations.
In fact if they know they have to work to survive every time they get busted, they will get sober and stay sober, when they aren't working educate them with skills to survive on the outside so they can get and keep a job when they are realeased.
local.lancasteronline.com /4/17123   (1477 words)

  
 WGAL.com - Local News - Prison Visitors Identified By Eyes
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Lancaster County Prison has a way of making sure its visitors are who they say they are.
Prison officials started using this technology years ago for inmates after a double-murder suspect was mistakenly released.
The prison said the iris scan is not used to look up criminal records on visitors.
www.wgal.com /news/4295769/detail.html   (292 words)

  
 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Its symbol, the red rose, is from the house of Lancashire.
Lancaster was the United States capital for one day in 1777 when the Continental Congress met while passing from Philadelphia to York to escape the British army
President James Buchanan made his home in Lancaster at Wheatland (http://www.wheatland.org/), his mansion
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania   (737 words)

  
 LancasterOnline.com: Your Lancaster County News Source
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - The scene was Indianapolis and the 500 Festival Parade, an annual event held before the day of the Indianapolis 500....
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This, as they say, could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship....
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - It was hard to figure which team left Hempfield's football stadium happier Saturday, Cocalico or Warwick....
www.lancasteronline.com   (277 words)

  
 KeepMedia | Access Control & Security Systems: Correctional Facility Security
Iris recognition gives positive IDs of prison inmates Biometric technology answers need for foolproof identification at Lancaster County Prison in Pennsylvania.Approximately five years ago, the Lancaster County Prison in Lancaster, Pa., was set to release an inmate who had been incarcerated for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Instead, officials released a man who had been arrested for violently raping a woman."He was waiting to be put into the general prison population; he had only arrived 24 hours before," explains Major Vincent Sciotti, who is in charge of the prison's 165 correction officers and 13 supervising personnel.
The prisoner who escaped apparently threatened the DUI inmate, learned of his vital statistics and took his place.
keepmedia.com /pubs/AccessControlSecuritySystems/1999/01/01/136094?...   (263 words)

  
 Lancaster County, PA News
Top county officials today said they expect the investigation into the hiring of Gary Heinke as Lancaster County's human services chief will continue despite his abrupt resignation Friday evening.
In Lancaster County three people are injured after hitting a horse late last night.
A Lancaster man who escaped a 1992 shooting at Carter & MacRae Elementary School got another second chance earlier this month -- this time from a Lancaster County court judge who ruled in his favor.
www.topix.net /county/lancaster-pa   (871 words)

  
 Lancaster Mortgage Refinance - Lancaster Home Loan PA
Lancaster was the largest inland town in America.
Currently Lancaster mortgage rates are at historical lows and this situation is not guaranteed to last for long.
Applying for a Lancaster refinance now helps to not only reduce monthly payments and improve your savings, it also helps you to tap in on current lowest mortgage rate with preferably a fixed rate or even an adjustable rate Lancaster mortgage refinance.
www.pamortgagequotes.com /lancaster-mortgage.html   (664 words)

  
 Detailed information about Prison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
A prison or penitentiary or jail (in British English, sometimes spelt gaol) is a building or system used to hold persons convicted of crimes.
The practice of undergoing punishment via a prison sentence, is colloquially expressed as: "doin' time".
Prisons are exclusively for male or female prisoners, or there are separate departments for each sex.
www.investingcompany.com /Law/Prison.html   (227 words)

  
 cannabisnews.com: Drug Charges Put Guard Behind Bars!
Police arrested a guard at Lancaster County Prison when he arrived for work Wednesday and charged him with bringing cocaine and marijuana to one of the inmates.
Prison officials and detectives from the Lancaster County Drug Task Force were waiting inside the prison when Shaun Lee Barnett, 28, showed up for his shift about 3:40 p.m., Warden Vincent Guarini said.
After his arrest, Barnett was taken to the Lancaster city police station for processing and was charged with bringing contraband into the prison and possession with intent to deliver, police said.
www.cannabisnews.com /news/thread2455.shtml   (981 words)

  
 County News 17eye.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Lancaster County (Pa.) Prison may be the first in the country to begin using a newly developed computerized camera system, later this month, that can positively identify people through unique “fingerprints” present in the irises of their eyes.
The Lancaster County commissioners approved a grant application with the state Commission on Crime and Delinquency for $7,712 to fund the purchase of an IriScan Biometric Identification Device, and the state commission approved the grant two weeks ago.
Although the mistaken release of prisoners is not an overwhelming problem at the Lancaster County Prison, an accused murderer walked out of the prison’s front door by impersonating another inmate in 1993.
www.naco.org /cnews/1996/96-06-24/17eye.htm   (336 words)

  
 Nurses were sick of their supervisor - allnurses.com Nursing for Nurses
The nurses -- about half of the staff at the prison -- said they left within three to four weeks of each other after changes in their schedules and working conditions by a new nursing supervisor made their jobs intolerable.
Because this is a situation involving personnel the Supervisor can't tell her side of the story to the reporter because of confidentiality issues and they put her name in the paper and that bothers me. If you read the article carefully, it states that this medical department was without a manager for a long time.
Also, if you research the previous articles about the county jail (which they keep referring to as a prison) it sounds like this facility is having all sorts of problems, including over crowding.
allnurses.com /forums/f195/nurses-were-sick-of-their-supervisor-123426.html   (2382 words)

  
 The City Of Lancaster - Pennsylvania Dutch Country / Lancaster County, PA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Lancaster was named after Lancashire, England, and its symbol is the red rose, from the house of Lancashire.
Lancaster was our nation's capital for one day when the Continental Congress met here in September 1777.
Lancaster's James Buchanan was the only bachelor President of the United States, and the only President from Pennsylvania.
www.800padutch.com /lanccity.shtml   (943 words)

  
 Lancaster County Resource Guide: County Offices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
At King St. Conestoga View, the County Home and Hospital is the dominant facility, but The property also provides space for Barnes Hall (the your detainment center), the Children and Youth Social Service Agency, the voting machine building, and the Data Processing Department.
The County Prison is the fortress-like building bounded by East King, North Franklin, East Orange and North Marshal Streets.
Other county offices are located at various sites throughout the county.
specialsections.lancasteronline.com /resourceguide/offices.htm   (259 words)

  
 Lancaster County Prison, Whats Happening?
Lancaster County Prison is a Queens, New York based band reminiscent of early Pogues, and in person MacGowan has sang with them before.
Anyway, the ass-kicking, foot-stomping, headbanging boys that are Lancaster County Prison have a couple of dates lined up, one of which I'm about to inform you of, so hold your horses and I'll tell you all about it.
Lancaster County Prison are true country punk rockers.
www.lancastercountyprison.com /whatsup2.asp   (2216 words)

  
 Coolidge Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
John and Jet are currently abetted by "Smilin'" Joey Vazquez on guitar and pedal steel, Howie Mason on drums, and Gerald Donnelly on guitar, and Brett Boye (of the Rusty Nails) on bagpipes.
Playing there on the first Thursday of every month for over a year, LCP thought it was time to give the rest of the world a little glimpse of what their live shows are all about.
L.C.P. thought it was time to go back into the studio and record a new CD.
www.ballcar.com /lcppic.html   (392 words)

  
 Amanda's Story
Whether she is counseling women at the Lancaster County Prison, volunteering at an area hospital, working for her church or administering to the needs of her family, Amanda Hipple wears the face of heart disease.
Amanda’s implanted defibrillator did require a period of adjustment.  Returning to Lancaster, she worked with local cardiologists to fine-tune the device.
Although she is considered permanently disabled and therefore unable to hold a job, she manages to keep busy through her family as well has her church.  She also provides Christian counseling for women inmates at the Lancaster County Prison and is a Caring Heart volunteer at the Lancaster Regional Medical Center.
www.americanheart.org /presenter.jhtml?identifier=3015867   (531 words)

  
 Lancaster Online.com: Top Local News : Lancaster County Prison employee disciplined
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Disciplinary action has been taken against a Lancaster County Prison employee as part of an investigation into the alleged assault of a West Lampeter Township man who was an inmate in the facility.
Doswell, who was 25 and the father of two young children when he was sentenced to 13 to 26 years in prison, has been denied parole four times over the past eight years because he refused to take responsibility for the crime.
After 16 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Brandon Moon is released.
local.lancasteronline.com /4/15807   (1539 words)

  
 Support for Prison Ministries - Lancaster County, PA
Support for Prison Ministries - Lancaster County, PA Support for Prison Ministries, with offices in Lititz PA, is a growing inter-denominational ministry that contracts chaplain services to Lancaster County Prison (LCP) and Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center (YIC), formerly Barnes Hall.
Support for Prison Ministries also raises funds and networks with various other prison ministries and does training and educational programs for local churches and community groups.
Support for Prison Ministries produces a quarterly newsletter called Freedom Focus, which highlights stories of God at work in prison today and a monthly prayer request list.
www.supportforprisonministries.org   (234 words)

  
 orange county florida prison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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 Miscellaneous Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Obituaries
Born in Lancaster, Anne was the daughter of John and Vera Eichelberger Brunner, Akron.
Born in Village, Richmond County, Virginia, Mary Lee was the daughter of the late Franklin and Norma Leona Jenkins Thrift.
Born in Lancaster, Kurt was the son of Kathleen Musgrave Kauffman of Manheim and the late Robert F. Kauffman.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/pa/pa-lancaster4.htm   (2856 words)

  
 Support for Prison Ministries - Lancaster, Reading PA
Ministry also happens to the staff and correction officers in the prison.
Staff teaches in Berks County Prison, do personal and family counseling and help with job placement assistance.
Conducts an annual prison crusade in January of each year in a dozen or more prisons, with over 300 volunteers involved from many states.
www.supportforprisonministries.org /links.htm   (293 words)

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