From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): September 25, 2:00 pm Berks County Residential Center, 1040 Berks Rd, Leesport, PA 19533 Join us at the Berks County Detention Center as we demand President Biden end the ICE contract in Berks. We don’t … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): In a statewide effort led by State Representative Manny Guzman, D-Berks, fifty-two Pennsylvania elected leaders on the local and state level drafted a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris urging the termination of the federal ICE contract at … Continued
On the morning of Friday February 26th, the Shut Down Berks Coalition was delighted to learn that all families being held at the Berks County Detention Center were being released to their relatives and loved ones. It is the first … Continued
You did it! Community pressure worked! After two months of community groundswell we are thrilled to announce that the two Haitian families at the Berks County Detention Center, who had been imprisoned since before the pandemic started, are no longer … Continued
Sunday, July 19, 2020, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. You can show your support for migrant children and families being detained in Berks County in Pennsylvania on a virtual vigil from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Sunday, July 19, on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Join Doctors for Camp Closure this Friday, July 10th, for a mobilization to Harrisburg. Governor Wolf can shut down Berks but he still chooses not to do so. In fact, the state of Pennsylvania is fighting us in … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Join our virtual campaign training this Thursday, July 9th at 7 p.m. to learn about the history of the prison, the history of the campaign and the legal research of how it can be shut … Continued
June 27, 2020 The Wolf Administration released the following statement in support of U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Dolly M. Gee’s ruling on Friday ordering the release of migrant children held in the country’s three … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): You may remember a recent story we posted: 7-Year-Old Girl and Dad Finally Released After Horrific 250 Days at Migrant Family Jail The migrant family jail in question was the Berks County Residential Center. Now … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Five families remain at the family prison, families with a 5 year-old, two 3 year-olds and two 1 year-olds. Children and families who should have never been imprisoned to begin with. So, these families have sued the … Continued