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| Prison society volunteers provide visits to inmates |
| By .centredaily.com - Gert Aron |
| Published: 10/02/2013 |
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Over the past five years, 29 states have managed to cut their imprisonment rates, but according to The New York Times, Pennsylvania is one of 20 states that continue to send more people to prison. The Pennsylvania prison population is growing at an unsustainable rate in terms of cost to taxpayers. The recently opened State Correctional Institute at Benner Township was built at a cost of aproximately $200 million. Moreover, 90 percent of all those in prison will be released back to the community at some point. The PPS has an important role to play in Pennsylvania corrections. Following the tradition dating back to 1782 and Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush, we focus on the welfare of inmates and their safe and humane incarceration. The PPS works in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in three ways: oversight and advocacy; prison visiting; and assistance to men and women when they are released from prison. Read More. |
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