Decarcerate PA explained

Decarcerate PA is a grassroots, all-volunteer coalition that was established to challenge mass incarceration in Pennsylvania.

Background

Decarcerate PA is a democratic organization which operates using a committee structure, with each committee dedicated to separate tasks.^[1] Its platform (No New Prisons, Decarceration, Community Reinvestment) has received the support of roughly one hundred other organizations.^[2]

Since 2011, the coalition has been involved challenging the construction of two new prisons outside of Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at the site of State Correctional Institution - Graterford.^[3]

In 2013, Decarcerate PA organized a 113-mile march from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capital, to protest a decision by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and the Pennsylvania Legislature to increase prison funding and decrease funding in public education and social services.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Documents raise questions about cost of new prison . . 2014-03-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140208083117/http://citypaper.net/article.php?Documents-raise-questions-about-cost-of-new-prison-18059 . 2014-02-08 .
2. Web site: Decarcerate PA Platform . Decarcerate PA . 2014-03-25.
3. News: Documents raise questions about cost of new prison . . 2014-03-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140208083117/http://citypaper.net/article.php?Documents-raise-questions-about-cost-of-new-prison-18059 . 2014-02-08 .
4. News: March to Harrisburg demands budget for people not prisons . https://archive.today/20140325162848/http://citypaper.net/article.php?March-to-Harrisburg-demands-budget-for-people-not-prisons-17898 . dead . 2014-03-25 . Philadelphia City Paper . 2014-03-25 .