Prison Justice Resources
- Quaker Action, Fall 2015: “Healing justice: The movement to end mass incarceration” [HTML] [PDF]
- More Than 100 Police Chiefs And Prosecutors Unite To Cut Prison Population (NPR: Oct. 21, 2015)
- SB 869 seeks changes to drug forfeiture process (Morning Call, Oct. 21)
Senate Bill 869, sponsored by Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) would require a conviction on a drug crime before cash, property, cars or other goods can be forfeited to the government. - FCC Approves a New Cap on Prison Phone Rates (FCC, Oct. 22, 2015)
… And That’s Bad News For Prison Phone Companies Securus Technologies and GTL (ibtimes.com, Oct. 22, 2015) - Report from Sept. 26th Mass Incarceration Workshop in Lancaster, PA.
Immigration / Refugees
- Agency gets outpouring of interest in helping refugees resettle in Lehigh Valley (Morning Call, Oct. 13)
- Lehigh Valley meeting on helping refugees draws tea party concerns about terrorists (Morning Call, Oct. 15)
- Bureaucracy Slows Process Of Welcoming Refugees To The U.S. (NPR — All Things Considered, Oct. 19, 2015)
— quotes Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski about his appeal for more refugees in his city.
Allentown Homeless Shelter
- Allentown homeless commission absorbed into regional effort as city adds a new shelter for winter (Morning Call, Oct. 15)
Pennsylvania Budget
- “Why the Budget Matters: Count the Ways” (pennbpc.org – updated weekly)