"Decarcerate PA"
Governor Corbett has cut millions from public education and social services while continuing to fund the state’s $685 million prison expansion plan.
We believe in a different set of priorities for Pennsylvania. Instead of sending more people to prison, we need to address the things that funnel people into the prison system. We want quality public schools, stable housing, jobs and job training programs, health care and food access, drug and alcohol treatment programs, community-based reentry services, and non-punitive practices that address the root causes of violence in our communities.
You can let Corbett know that he’s taking PA in the wrong direction! Follow us on twitter @decacreratePA, and retweet the photos to @GovernorCorbett using the hashtags #PAbudget and #NoNewPrisons.
Decarcerate PA is a grassroots campaign working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania. We demand that PA stop building prisons, reduce the prison population, and reinvest money in our communities.
For more info see:
http://decarceratePA.info
Picture This! The Real Cost of Prison Expansionat the Kingsessing rec center playground.
Over the last two years, Governor Corbett has consistently shortchanged children across Pennsylvania. In addition to his cuts to basic and higher education, Governor Corbett’s 2012-2013 proposed budget slashes early childhood education by $30 million. Overall, Corbett has cut early childhood education by $90 million in his first two budgets.
The $30 million cut to early childhood education in Corbett’s proposed budget is equal to the cost of about 300 of the 5,000-plus new prison beds that are currently being built in Pennsylvania.
For more on Governor Corbett’s attack on Pennsylvania’s children, see: http://articles.mcall.com/2012-02-25/opinion/mc-corbett-pa.-budget-children-benso-yv-20120225_1_corbett-budget-plan-early-childhood-tom-corbett
For more on Decarcerate PA’s campaign, see: www.decarceratepa.info
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This is a playground in my neighborhood, I sometimes bring the baby I sit for here.
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