PRINTER'S NO. 3425
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
800
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY LEE, DONATUCCI, KOSIEROWSKI, WEBSTER, HILL-EVANS,
RABB, A. DAVIS, SOLOMON, FREEMAN, KINSEY, HARRIS, CEPHAS,
BROOKS, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN, MURT, RAVENSTAHL, DEASY,
GAINEY, McCLINTON, GALLOWAY, ROEBUCK, HOWARD, KENYATTA,
SCHWEYER, CONKLIN, FRANKEL, KIM, HOHENSTEIN, T. DAVIS,
PASHINSKI AND D. MILLER, MARCH 10, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
study on the access to social workers for incarcerated
individuals in Pennsylvania and the optimal ratio of social
workers to incarcerated individuals and issue a report of its
findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives.
WHEREAS, The Department of Corrections oversees more than
47,000 incarcerated individuals in an overburdened State
correctional system in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Corrections currently employs 49
correctional social workers at 25 institutions covering 44,850
incarcerated individuals, resulting in a ratio of 1 social
worker for every 915 incarcerated individuals in this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The absence of licensed social workers and
psychological managers places reliance on correctional officers
who are not qualified to give legal or personal advice, nor
required by law to advise in the best interest of incarcerated
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