Decarcerate PA has been gathering information on where Pennsylvania's gubernatorial candidates stand on issues related to mass incarceration. Our purpose is not to endorse a specific candidate, but to provide informations to voters and to push all the candidates to take a stand against the policies and practices that drive mass imprisonment in this state. There is a large and growing movement in PA to stop prison expansion and repeal the so-called "tough on crime" policies that have led to a prison population that tops 51,000 and a corrections budget of more than $2 billion. Pennsylvania's gubernatorial hopefuls will ignore these issues at their peril.
Positions by candidate
Rob McCord
Kathleen McGinty
Allyson Schwartz
Thomas Wolf
Green Party Candidate Paul Glover
Citations
[1] - Newswork/WHYY 4/24/14
[2] - Democratic Gubernatorial Debate at Widener University School of Law 4/9/14
[3] - Neighborhood Networks Community Forum for a New Governor
[4] - http://www.yorkblog.com/ydrpolitics/2014/04/20/what-the-pa-guv-candidates-say-about-medical-marijuana-recreational-use-and-decriminalization/
[5] - http://www.chron.com/news/science/article/Democratic-candidates-clash-over-leadership-style-5446836.php
[6] - Response to Decarcerate PA's survey of Gubernatorial Candidates. For complete responses from McCord, click here. For complete responses from Glover, click here.
