Decarcerate PA Tours Pennsylvania with Mariposa & The Saint

Mariposa and the SaintThroughout the first week of April 2016, Decarcerate PA travelled across the state of Pennsylvania to support performances of the play “Mariposa & The Saint.” Co-written entirely through correspondence by Julia Steele Allen and Sarah (Mariposa) Fonseca while Mariposa was being held in solitary confinement in a women’s prison in California, the play documents Mariposa’s personal history, her enduring spirit of resistance, and her struggle to maint

Take action with Decarcerate PA!

Whether you're behind the prison walls or just looking to get involved, here are three ways you can take action to end mass incarceration this summer:

1. Help us end cash bail! If you or someone you know has a story about the impacts and injustice of the cash bail system that you would like to share for potential use in the End Cash Bail social media campaign, please write us! Letters can be addressed to:

Mother's Day Rally to Bring Our Loved Ones Home

The City of Philadelphia has sentenced more children to die in prison than anywhere else in the world. These sentences tear apart families and communities and do nothing to make our city safer. No child should live their entire life behind bars. That is why the Coalition to Abolish Death By Incarceration (CADBI) invites you to join us Friday, May 6th for a Mother's Day Rally to Restore Families & Communities and Bring Our Loved Ones Home.

Join the Transcription Team!

Announcing: DPA's Transcription Team! Do you want to support the work of DPA but live far from Philadelphia? Or do you have trouble making it to meetings? We are happy to announce a new online volunteering opportunity: The DPA Transcription Team!

Every month we receive dozens and dozens of letters from our members and allies inside PA's prisons. Some of these letters contain public statements to be shared on our website's "Voices from the Inside" section.

Unity Can Save Our Lives

We do not want our comrades, or others whom we love and care about to perish in these lonely cages of anguish, so we are asking for everyone to band together as brothers and sisters, and not allow anything to divide us. Our unity can save our lives, so let us unite!

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