LWV of Pennsylvania, Criminal Justice

Date Study Completed

6/2016

Name of Submitting League

LWV of Pennsylvania

Title of Study

Criminal Justice

Summary of Study

At the June 2015 LWV Convention, delegates approved “a study of the criminal justice system, with the intention of creating a Pennsylvania position on criminal justice, focusing on timely hearings and appropriate bonding, effective counsel from arraignment through sentencing, alternatives to incarceration, appropriate sentencing guidelines, the privatization of prisons, the use and misuse of prison labor, and conditions in our prisons.”

League or Contact Email Address

https://www.palwv.org/contact-us/

Linked documents: URL(s) of study, position or related documents

https://www.palwv.org/criminal-justice-study/

https://www.palwv.org/lwvpa-board-approves-new-criminal-justice-position/