Wagner speaks out on alternative sentencing

    Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner says it’s time to step up use of alternative sentencing for convicts, including ankle monitors and pre-release centers.

    Wagner reportedly made the comments at a news conference today, adding new prison construction should stop after the four that are currently being built are completed.

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