GREENSBURG, Pa. — Westmoreland County’s warden is on administrative leave.
A commissioner on the prison board, Douglas Chew, tells Channel 11 that the board approved a request for administrative leave for Warden Steven Pelesky at a meeting on Thursday.
Chew gave no further information regarding the administrative leave request, only calling it a “personnel matter.”
At this time, Chew says the board is not searching for a new warden. The prison is still operating as normal.
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