Decarcerate PA Factsheets
IMMIGRANT DETENTION AND MASS INCARCERATION
DETENCIÓN INMIGRANTE Y ENCARCELACIÓN MASIVA
EDUCATION NOT INCARCERATION 
THE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF MASS INCARCERATION 
HOW TO REDUCE PA'S PRISON POPULATION
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Our Platform / La Plataforma
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Legislation we support
No Time Bar for Innocence - Senate Bill 1153 would give people with criminal convictions up to a year to ask for a new trial after discovering new evidence related to their case.
Decarcerate PA supports these bills and encourages similar efforts to reduce Pennsylvania’s prison population.
Contact your legislators and tell them you support the passage of SB1153. You can find the contact information for your legislators at: www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/
To learn more about other policy changes that Decarcerate PA supports, check out our factsheet on How to Reduce Pennsylvania's Prison Population
For information on prison-related legislation in PA, check out the Pennsylvania Prison Society's Legislative Updates Page
PA Resources
What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers in PA This new report from the VERA Institute shows that Pennsylvania taxpayers are paying $463.9 million more on prison costs than is refected in the Department of Corrections $1.591 billion budget. And that does not even include the $685 million in capitol funds slated for new prison construction.
Pennsylvania Incarceration Facts from the Sentencing Project
Philadelphia’s Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions Study on the Philly Jails from the Pew Charitable Trust
For news and information about what is going on inside Pennsylvania's prisons, check out the Human Rights Coalition's website
PA Prison Directory Action Guide - a great resource list for currently and formerly incarcerated people in Pennsylvania
This is a Prison, Glitter is not Allowed - a report from Hearts on a Wire about the experiences of trans and gender variant people in PA's prison system
National Resources
How to Stop a Prison in Your Town- a great resource guide from the California Moratorium Prison Project. Check out more great resources from CMPP HERE
Misplaced Priorities: Over Incarcerate, Under Educate - a report from the NAACP that examines America's escalating levels of prison spending and its impact on state budgets and our nation’s children.
Unlocking America: How and Why to Reduce America's Prison Population
The Real Cost of Prisons Project
Why Mass Incarceration Matters - a great article by scholar Heather Thompson
