From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): As the world continues to respond to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, many families are staying home with their children, caring for them with the hopes that they will stay healthy and safe together. Yet right now, … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Five families remain at the family prison, families with a 5 year-old, two 3 year-olds and two 1 year-olds. Children and families who should have never been imprisoned to begin with. So, these families have sued the … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): This is HUGE news! At a Berks County Commissioner candidate forum last week we heard from a current County Commissioner that he has been in talks with the Governor’s office since July to figure out a … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): It’s been a whirlwind this summer for the Shut Down Berks Campaign. And today we are closer than ever to end family detention in Pennsylvania! That’s why we need you to make a call NOW … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): It’s always darkest before the dawn, or so the saying goes. When it comes to the seemingly endless human rights and child abuse crisis of migrants, the cliché offers little credibility or … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Art by Michelle Angela Ortiz (insta @michelleangelaortiz) Five Ways to Take Action NOW Family Detention is immoral and unlawful. That is why Governor Wolf, Lt. Governor Fetterman and the PA Department of Human Services Secretary, Teresa Miller, … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Governor Wolf’s administration, specifically the Department of Human Services, has the power to end family detention in Pennsylvania. In 2016, the Sheller Center for Social Justice of the Temple University Beasley School of Law, outlined … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Detaining families is abusive, but in addition to that we have seen documented case after case of medical neglect and miscare in the Berks County Detention Center. Governor Wolf’s office and the Pennsylvania Department of … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): In 2019 the Berks County Detention Center (BCRC) will be entering its fifth year in operation as an immigrant family prison. That is five years of human rights abuses, due process violations, disregard of Pennsylvania … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): In the coming weeks, the Shut Down Berks Coalition will be organizing a month of lobbying to persuade Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to issue an Emergency Removal Order, thus ensuring no further families are held … Continued