Pennsylvania Prison Society

The front page of the Prison Society Website

For the 27,000 families in the Philadelphia region with a loved one behind bars, the Pennsylvania Prison Society is a primary and invaluable source of reliable information; information about how to stay connected, information about what is happening in a particular facility, information that because of the organization's unique history, relationships, and legal authority only the Prison Society can provide.

Website
https://www.prisonsociety.org
Grantee type
Organization

Grants Awarded to Pennsylvania Prison Society

$50,000 - Awarded August 2021

Community Storytelling
Grantees
Pennsylvania Prison Society
Focus areas
Community-Centered Journalism
Description

While cell phone videos allow millions of Americans to see police brutality in a way that was previously not possible, the abuse and degradation of people in prisons remains largely out of public view. The 2021 Community Voices grant will enable the Prison Society to evolve and deepen their highly impactful work supporting, mobilizing, and amplifying the voices of incarcerated people from the Philadelphia region and their families, and in so doing advance decarceration.

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