HR 59 — A Resolution designating November 1, 2025, as "State Correctional Institution Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   504

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 59
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY KAZEEM, VITALI, SANCHEZ, RIVERA, GIRAL, HILL-
        EVANS, KHAN, DALEY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND GREEN,
        FEBRUARY 5, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating November 1, 2025, as "State Correctional Institution
 2      Day" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, In prisons across the nation, many incarcerated
 4   individuals are held in violent, dangerous and unhealthy
 5   conditions; and
 6      WHEREAS, Legislators determine the laws that govern
 7   incarcerated individuals and the criminal justice system as they
 8   vote on legislation regarding the criminal statutes, parole and
 9   sentencing; and
10      WHEREAS, However, legislators are not required to visit
11   prisons, preventing them from having a comprehensive
12   understanding of the criminal justice system; and
13      WHEREAS, It is essential that legislators examine the
14   conditions under which incarcerated individuals live and
15   understand how State funding is appropriated to prisons; and
16      WHEREAS, Those in support of this challenge assert that
17   visiting prisons will provide legislators with a better
 1   understanding of incarceration while raising accountability
 2   regarding the treatment of incarcerated individuals in prison;
 3   and
 4         WHEREAS, It is vital that legislators listen and speak with
 5   incarcerated individuals as they are responsible for
 6   representing the needs of the incarcerated population; and
 7         WHEREAS, Members of the House of Representatives are
 8   encouraged to visit a State correctional institution unannounced
 9   at a minimum of two times per year; therefore be it
10         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
11   November 1, 2025, as "State Correctional Institution Day" in
12   Pennsylvania to raise awareness of the need to monitor and
13   continue to improve conditions in our prisons to ensure that all
14   people are treated humanely and supported in their
15   rehabilitation.




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