Episode 2: Prisons, drugs and inmates’ rights

A look back at a month of changes for the PA Corrections Department.

Segments: Corrections Secretary John Wetzel, ACLU PA Legal Director Vic Walczak, and one man who has been experiencing the new rules firsthand, as a visitor to his incarcerated fiancée.

Episode 1: The Fall Session Begins

After a long summer recess, the House and Senate are officially returning to Harrisburg on Monday. There won’t be much time for lawmakers to tie up all their loose ends before the session ends and all bills have to be started from scratch. However, there are a couple things that are high on the agenda.

John Baer of the Philadelphia Inquirer Daily News and Marc Levy of the Associated Press join us to explain two bills that have a real shot at passing: one that would increase protections for domestic violence victims, and another that would make it easier to sue sexual abusers of children.

Plus, the PLS Reporter’s Stephen Caruso fills us in on some of the more overlooked initiatives he’s come across during his last few months keeping tabs on the largely-vacant Capitol.