Decarcerate PA

Decarcerate PA is a grassroots, all-volunteer coalition that was established to challenge mass incarceration in Pennsylvania.

Background

Decarcerate PA is a democratic organization which operates using a ACT UP#Structure of [ACT UP|committee structure], with each committee dedicated to separate tasks. Its platform has received the support of roughly one hundred other organizations.
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].
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.