Corrections cabinet

    Pending Senate approval, Franklin County prison warden John Wetzel will take the lead at Pennsylvania’s state corrections department. WHYY’s Melanie Herschorn reports on why Wetzel says he qualified to oversee the state’s facilities and their 52,000 inmates.

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