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Abbreviation | DPA |
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Formation | 2011 |
Purpose | Criminal Justice, Activism, Community Organizing, Prison Reform |
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Website |
decarceratepa |
Decarcerate PA is a grassroots, all-volunteer coalition that was established to challenge mass incarceration in Pennsylvania.
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]
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Abbreviation | DPA |
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Formation | 2011 |
Purpose | Criminal Justice, Activism, Community Organizing, Prison Reform |
Location | |
Website |
decarceratepa |
Decarcerate PA is a grassroots, all-volunteer coalition that was established to challenge mass incarceration in Pennsylvania.
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]