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The Patriot News: Marchers arrive in Harrisburg with complaints about school funding, criminal justice system

Central PennsylvaniaBy Charles Thompson | cthompson@pennlive.com
on June 03, 2013 at 3:24 PM

Several dozen marchers joined by their belief in criminal justice reforms and a state budget focused more on education and human services wrapped up an eight-day, 113-mile march across Pennsylvania with a raucous rally on the state Capitol steps this afternoon.
 
Opponents of prison expansion rally on the steps of the state Capitol. The group includes participants in a ten day march from Philadelphia to the Capitol, organized by Decarcerate PA. They are demanding that the General Assembly take a stand against Pennsylvania's prison growth.
 
Organized by the group "Decarcerate PA," the marchers called on Gov. Tom Corbett to increase funding for public schools - particularly cash-strapped, inner city schools - mental health services and public welfare programs.

CBS 21: Group to rally against PA prison expansion in Harrisburg

Reported by: Chris Papst
Published: 6/03 6:16 am

People in Harrisburg will be rallying Monday afternoon for education funding, and against prison expansion in Pennsylvania.

Lawmakers at the State Capitol will be met with about two-dozen protesters who marched from Philadelphia.

The group, Decarcerate PA says they don't want the State's prison system expanded.

WITF: Anti-prison activists to rattle Capitol cage Monday

WITFWritten by Mary Wilson, Capitol Bureau Chief | Jun 2, 2013 8:09 PM

Roughly 50 anti-prison activists are on the last leg of a protest march from Philadelphia to Harrisburg. Decarcerate PA will rally at the state Capitol Monday to decry the $400 million construction of two new prisons in Montgomery County set to replace an older facility in 2015.

Marching with the group is Malissa Gamble, who said she spent 15 months in a state prison for burglary and "a host of other crimes" a decade ago. She says more than new facilities, the state needs better prison programs on parenting, job training, and housing to help inmates transition back into their communities.

Reading Eagle: Protest marchers stop in city, decry prison construction

Reading Eagle NewspaperRon Devlin 
Reading Eagle

Exhausted after walking from Pottstown to Reading on Wednesday, Melissa Gamble took time to discuss why she was marching from Philadelphia to Harrisburg to protest planned construction of two new state prisons.

"I'm marching for women who are incarcerated and have little hope," she said during a stopover in Reading. "I was once one of them waiting in prison for help that never came."

Montgomery News: Decarcerate PA rallies in Norristown to stop prison expansion

Montgomery MediaPublished: Thursday, May 30, 2013

By Tony Fioriglio

Protesters gather outside Montgomery County Courthouse during a rally organized by Decarcerate PA May 26. Photo by TONY FIORIGLIO

With chants of “Educate, don’t incarcerate,” Decarcerate PA, DreamActivist PA and local citizens gathered on the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse May 26 to urge the local government to “Invest in the Future, Not Fear!” according to a press release from Decarcerate PA.

Perkiomen Valley Patch: Anti-Prison Protesters March in Collegeville

Perkiomen Valley PatchBy Brittany Tressler May 28, 2013

Dozens of protesters with Decarcerate PA lined the intersection of Route 29 and Main Street in Collegeville on Monday while marching to Harrisburg to object to the state's expanding prison system.

"Educate, don't incarcerate, decarcerate PA," was chanted from the side of the street, while a woman with a sound system explained the goals of the march - to tell legislators to fund education, not the prison system.

Lower Providence Patch: Decarcerate PA Marching Through Norristown, Collegeville to Stop Prison Expansions

Lower Providence PatchBy Brittany Tressler
May 24, 2013

Decarcerate PA, an anti-prison activist group, has organized a 10-day march from Philadelphia to Harrisburg beginning Saturday, and will spend the weekend walking through Norristown and Collegeville to Pottstown, stopping for a protesting to end prison expansions along the way.

The 113-mile trek has been labeled the “March for a People’s Budget: Stop the Prison Expansion Now!,” and will begin Saturday at noon with a rally in Love Park. 

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