Updates

A recent decision to move Pennsylvania inmates to other states has editorial boards calling for Pennsylvania policymakers to address the problem of prison overcrowding. Sentencing mandates and parole policies certainly play a role in causing prisons to be filled beyond capacity, but the General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania (GCAP) believes there is another issue that continues to go unnoticed – the Commonwealth has been unnecessarily hampered from increasing the capacity the Department of Corrections so sorely needs.

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