A05764
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
174
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY KAUFER, SNYDER, BERNSTINE, COOK, FRITZ, GUENST,
MILLARD, OWLETT, PICKETT, RADER, RIGBY, ROWE, STRUZZI AND
CIRESI, MARCH 8, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 8, 2022
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a thorough and comprehensive study on the cost of
implementing a safety plan for staffing of State correctional
institutions on Level 3 and Level 4 housing units in this
Commonwealth.
WHEREAS, Since 1954, seven corrections officers or employees
at the Department of Corrections were killed in the line of duty
as a result of an assault; and
WHEREAS, The most recent occurred in 2018 when a corrections
officer was assaulted and kicked in the head, later dying from
his injuries; and
WHEREAS, There have also been numerous major assaults
committed by inmates in recent years that have been directed at
corrections officers or employees; and
WHEREAS, A major assault is defined as an assault that causes
the victim to seek care from a medical facility outside the
State correctional institution; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a thorough
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