From Peace Action (http://www.peace-action.org/): We know from our administration contacts and from media reports that President Obama plans to take some final actions on nuclear weapons policy. These decisions are being deliberated now, so please urge the President to take the strongest … Continued
From the Education Policy and Leadership Center (http://www.eplc.org): Applications are available now for the 2016-2017 Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP). The Education Policy Fellowship Program is sponsored in Pennsylvania by The Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC). Click here for the … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): The US Census Bureau recently released proposed rules for the 2020 Census. Despite significant public input asking for change, the Bureau announced it would continue past practice of counting incarcerated persons as residents of prison … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): On August 25, the National Park Service will mark 100 years since its founding. Who will celebrate? In recent years, it has been documented both by public lands agencies and the outdoor industry that the … Continued
The Department of Corrections has established many committees and subcommittees to review its use of administrative segregation in an effort to reduce the use WHILE also reducing prison violence. Here is an article describing an effort in the Somerset facility. Published in the PittsburghTribune Review (07/04/2016) Prisons to follow discipline model set by … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-21/juvenile-justice/a-view-from-solitary-during-the-dnc/a53100-1 July 21, 2016 – Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window PHILADELPHIA – A time out, protective custody and segregation are all terms used to describe solitary confinement – a practice experienced by … Continued
We’ve recently had two great pieces of news for voting rights and the Rising American Electorate. The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that Texas’s voter ID law, the strictest in the nation, is racially discriminatory in effect and, … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/july/we-have-budget-2016-2017-what-does-it-mean-schools Jul 15, 2016 12:02 pm | Susan Spicka The 2016-2017 PA budget is now complete. Recently a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the PA House and Senate approved a revenue package and Governor Wolf signed it into law. But what does it … Continued
The Washington Post, July 11, 2016 According to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, 46 percent of child-care workers in 2015 were part of families enrolled in at least one safety net program like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance … Continued