PRINTER'S NO. 1143
No. 64 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, ACOSTA, ANGSTADT, ARGALL, ARTY, BALDWIN,
BARLEY, BATTISTO, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BIRMELIN, BLACK, BLAUM,
BOOK, BORTNER, BOWLEY, BOWSER, BOYES, BRANDT, BROUJOS, BUNT,
BURD, BURNS, BUSH, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CARLSON, CARN,
CAWLEY, CESSAR, CHADWICK, CIMINI, CIVERA, CLARK, CLYMER,
COHEN, COLAFELLA, COLE, CORNELL, CORRIGAN, COY, DALEY,
DAVIES, COWELL, DAWIDA, DEAL, DeLUCA, DeVERTER, DIETTERICK,
DININNI, DISTLER, DOMBROWSKI, DONATUCCI, DORR, DUFFY, DURHAM,
EVANS, FARGO, FARMER, FATTAH, FEE, FISCHER, FLICK, FOSTER,
FOX, FREEMAN, FREIND, GALLEN, GAMBLE, GANNON, GEIST, GEORGE,
GLADECK, GODSHALL, GRUITZA, GRUPPO, HAGARTY, HALUSKA, HARPER,
HASAY, HAYDEN, HAYES, HECKLER, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS,
HONAMAN, HOWLETT, HUGHES, HUTCHINSON, IRVIS, ITKIN, JACKSON,
JADLOWIEC, JAROLIN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KASUNIC, KENNEDY,
KENNEY, KOSINSKI, KUKOVICH, LaGROTTA, LANGTRY, LASHINGER,
LAUGHLIN, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LETTERMAN, LEVDANSKY, LINTON,
LIVENGOOD, LLOYD, LUCYK, MAIALE, MAINE, MANDERINO, MANMILLER,
MARKOSEK, MAYERNIK, McCALL, McCLATCHY, McHALE, McVERRY,
MELIO, MERRY, MICHLOVIC, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MOEHLMANN, MORRIS,
MOWERY, MRKONIC, MURPHY, NAHILL, NOYE, O'BRIEN, O'DONNELL,
OLASZ, OLIVER, PERZEL, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PICCOLA,
PIEVSKY, PISTELLA, PITTS, PRESSMANN, PRESTON, PUNT, RAYMOND,
REBER, REINARD, RICHARDSON, RIEGER, RITTER, ROBBINS, ROEBUCK,
RUDY, RYAN, RYBAK, SALOOM, SAURMAN, SCHEETZ, SCHULER, SEMMEL,
SERAFINI, SEVENTY, SHOWERS, SIRIANNI, B. SMITH, S. H. SMITH,
D. W. SNYDER, G. SNYDER, STABACK, STAIRS, STEIGHNER, STEVENS,
STEWART, STUBAN, SWEET, E. Z. TAYLOR, F. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR,
TELEK, TIGUE, TRUMAN, VAN HORNE, VEON, VROON, WAMBACH, WASS,
WESTON, WIGGINS, WILSON, WOGAN, WOZNIAK, D. R. WRIGHT,
J. L. WRIGHT, R. C. WRIGHT AND YANDRISEVITS, APRIL 6, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 8, 1987
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the bicentennial of the Pennsylvania Prison
2 Society; and declaring the week of May 3 through 9, 1987, as
3 "Pennsylvania Prison Society Week."
4 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Prison Society was founded in 1787
1 as the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of
2 Public Prisons, to monitor conditions at the Walnut Street Jail;
3 and
4 WHEREAS, The Society was the initiator of the first
5 penitentiary in the world with the establishment of separate
6 confinement as opposed to public humiliation; and
7 WHEREAS, The Society fostered the establishment of separate
8 facilities for women, children and the mentally insane; and
9 WHEREAS, The Society pioneered the concept and practice of
10 prison visitation; and
11 WHEREAS, The Society helped develop the Philadelphia
12 Defender's Association by advocating for legal counsel for
13 indigent offenders; and
14 WHEREAS, The Society continues its historic role of
15 monitoring prison conditions and advocating for humane treatment
16 through its educational projects, direct services and volunteer
17 force; therefore be it
18 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
19 hereby commemorates the achievements and the continued need of
20 the work carried forth by the Pennsylvania Prison Society during
21 its 200th Anniversary; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That the General Assembly hereby declares the week
23 of May 3 through 9, 1987, as "Pennsylvania Prison Society Week";
24 and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be immediately
26 transmitted to the Pennsylvania Prison Society.
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