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PHILADELPHIA — Leaving the State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Montgomery County on Thursday morning, his white hair peeking out below a prison-issue hat, Joe Ligon was accompanied by a dozen
We are proof incarcerated young people need care, not control | Opinion Updated Feb 08, 2021; By Rodney Gardner and William Bentley Today, roughly 1500 youth in Pennsylvania woke up inside carceral settings. They’ll spend their day looking at bars, bricks, and walls, wondering what life will look like; worrying about how they’ll avoid violence; knowing that they’ll have to deal with racism and harassment. We know their fear and uncertainty, and we understand all the challenges they face inside, and then outside. As formerly incarcerated young people, we know that adults with power are ...