Corrections summit ends with apology to inmates, families

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

SUSSEX CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION/GOOGLE MAPS STREET VIEW A two-day virtual summit on Delaware’s correctional system ended with Sen. Marie Pinkney apologizing to current and former inmates for perceived failures in the state’s criminal justice system.  “To those who have been involved in our justice system or to those that love people that have been involved in our justice system, we apologize …

Virtual summit on Delaware’s correctional system to be held this week

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

A two-day virtual summit focused on improving Delaware’s correctional system will begin Tuesday morning.  The event, organized by Sen. Marie Pinkney, D-New Castle, and Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown, D-New Castle South, will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Tuesday, Feb. 22 and Wednesday, Feb. 23 and is open to the public.  The “State of State of Corrections” summit …