Seven Decarcerate PA Members Arrested During Graterford Prison Protest
Activists were arrested after blocking the SCI Graterford construction entrance to protest prison expansion in Pennsylvania.
Seven members of Decarcerate PA were arrested Monday morning after blocking the construction entrance of SCI Graterford with school desks, apples, and a plastic school house. "Seven protesters were putting their bodies on the line about how serious they are about getting this project canceled," Decarcerate PA's Thomas Dichter said. The organization, which posted video of the early-morning protest, has been a loud voice against a $400 million project to increase the prison population in the Philadelphia suburbs. "These new prisons represent an expansion of mass incarceration in Pennsylvania and a continuation of policies that lock people up instead of giving our communities the resources they need to thrive," said a statement released by …
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