Some Inmates In Pennsylvania, New Jersey May Soon Service Some Of Sentences At Home

Natasha Brown reports.

CITY, ALYCIA REID FOR CBS-3"EYEWITNESS NEWS".ALYCIA, THANK YOU.IN BOTH PENNSYLVANIA ANDNEW JERSEY SOME INMATES MAYSOON SERVE SOME SENTENCING ATHOME AS PART HAVE THE PLAN TOSTOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUSIN PRISON."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERNATASHA BROWN'S IN FAIRMOUNTTO LET YOU KNOW HOW THIS ISDESIGNED TO WORK, NATASHA.REPORTER: UKEE, GOODAFTERNOON TO YOU.WITH NEW JERSEY NOW HAVING ASMANY AS 54,000 POSITIVECORONAVIRUS CASES,PENNSYLVANIA NEARLY 20,000CASES, GOVERNORS IN BOTH OFTHESE STATES ARE NOW USING ANYAND ALL MEANS NECESSARY TO TRYTO STOP THE FLOW OF THISDEADLY VIRUS.THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICREACHED PRISON SYSTEMS AROUNDTHE COUNTRY.NOW NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIAGOVERNORS IN BOTH STATES ARETAKING DRASTIC LEGISLATIVEACTION TO TRY TO SLOW THESPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN THOSEPOPULATIONS.TODAY I'M SIGNING ANEXECUTIVE ORDER TO HELPPRESERVE THIS BALANCE BETWEENHEALTH ON THE ONE HAND ANDPUBLIC HEALTH, AND PUBLICSAFETY.REPORTER: IN AN ATTEMPT TOBALANCE PUBLIC SAFETY ANDPUBLIC HEALTH LOW RISK INMATES60 YEARS OLD OR OLDER HOFFUNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES WILLBE PLACED ON HOME CONFINEMENTIN NEW JERSEY OR GRANTEDPAROLE IF ELIGIBLE.WE ARE SETTING UP A ROBUSTPROCESS FOR WHICH EACHPOTENTIALLY ELIGIBLEINDIVIDUAL MUST BE DETERMINEDTO BE SAFE TO PLACE ON HOMECONFINEMENT, AND EACH WILL BEREQUIRED TO HAVE ANINDIVIDUALIZED RELEASE PLAN.REPORTER: NO VIOLENTOFFENDERS WILL BE CONSIDER.ON THE HEELS OF THE GOVERNORMURPHY'S ORDER PENNSYLVANIAGOVERNOR TOM WOLF IS ALSO NOWORDERING THE RELEASE OF ASMUCH AS 1600, 1800 VULNERABLENONVIOLENT INMATES IN THESUPERVISED HOME CONFINEMENT.GOVERNOR WOLF ANNOUNCED PLANSTO HELP THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM OFTHE COMMONWEALTH HIT HARD BYCOVID-19 CRISIS.TODAY I'M A ONCE NOING THEHOSPITAL EMERGENCY LOANPROGRAM.THIS IS A 450 MILLION-DOLLARLOW INTEREST LOAN PACKAGE THATWILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE WORKINGCAPITOL THAT WILL ALLOW OURMEDICAL FACILITIES TO GET THEPERSONALLY QUIP.AND THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVEEQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED.REPORTER: WE CAN TELL YOURELEASE OF THOSE NONVIOLENTOLDER INMATES IN THE STATE OFPENNSYLVANIA COULD HAPPEN ASEARLY AS NEXT WEEK, POSSIBLYBY APRIL 14TH OR SO, MEANTIME,STATE OFFICIALNESS BOTH NEWJERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA, THEYARE CONTINUING TO TRY TOSECURE VERY NECESSARYPROTECTIVE GEAR FOR HOSPITALWORKERS AND NURSING HOMES AND