Activists, experts, and returning citizens joined the Philadelphia City Council’s Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform Friday to promote better and more ethical practices for incarcerated women.
The committee met following a resolution from council adopted in February to examine the conditions of women in prisons. The 2018 Annual Report from the Philadelphia Commission on Women noted the number of incarcerated women rose over 700 percent between 1980 and 2014. Statewide, the rate of women in prisons is growing drastically.