Union: Poor prison conditions endanger employees as well as prisoners
Crumbling buildings, inadequate sanitation and fire safety and overcrowding at the Fayette County, Pa. Prison are putting corrections officers along with inmates at risk, according to the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International Union, which has filed a complaint with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.
UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts said the fact that the prison is still in use is a gross disservice to the people of Fayette County and a scar on the reputation of the Fayette County Commission,” Roberts said.