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Delco's prison mismanagement continues.

Democrats came to office in Delaware County government promising big changes for the county’s troubled George W. Hill Correctional Facility. But since kicking out the prison’s private operator in 2022, things have only gotten worse. Todd Shepherd wrote two stories this week on the problems there, one concerning the troubling overdose death of an inmate ([link removed]) , and another on the discontent among staff who are now compelled to work sixteen-hour shifts ([link removed]) when the staffing shortage demands it. So much for reform! Read more at Broad + Liberty. ([link removed])


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But crime in Delco and other suburban counties isn’t totally the fault of the governments there. As Larry Miller wrote for us this week, the inner suburbs are continuing to feel the effects of Philadelphia’s lawlessness ([link removed]) – encouraged by DA Larry Krasner’s failure to prosecute criminals there. Miller writes of how suburban lawmakers are attempting to stem the criminal tide, but there is only so much they can do when the neighboring jurisdiction allows criminals to return to the streets.

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Even in Philly, lawmakers are starting to wake up to the problems of Krasner-style lack of enforcement. Paul Davis wrote on Friday about the wave of politicians — Republican and Democrat — who have had enough of the shoplifting and quality-of-life crimes ([link removed]) that make our cities worse places to live. Mayor Cherelle Parker’s call “to make our city safe for the people who live here, who work here and who come into our city from the suburbs” is welcome news for anyone in the region.

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And finally this week, education writer Beth Ann Rosica examines what is being taught in schools of education across the region and is forced to conclude that what ails schools is partly the fault of far-left radicalism that would-be teachers are being taught in college ([link removed]) . “The academic decline in American public education is not surprising,” she writes, “when you look at the curricula taught in schools of education.”

What We’re Reading...
Every school board race last year seemed to be a battle about book-banning. But what’s really being banned? James Fishback at The Free Press investigated and found that most of the books missing from school libraries across the country are books by right-wing authors, not lefties ([link removed]) .

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