The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has approved more than $30,000 in grants to bolster the juvenile-justice system in Berks County.
The district attorney’s office received $15,042 to help fund two assistant district attorneys and one support staff member for the county juvenile court.
The funding will help increase the number of prehearing diversion cases and prehearing case negotiations, and reduce the number of preventable case continuances. >>Read more…