We have designed a program with the Pennsylvania Prison Society to advance collaborative urban/rural efforts among criminal justice reform advocates, community activists, and county jail decision-makers to reduce incarceration rates and improve jail conditions in Adams County and Philadelphia County.   

Adams County, PA

• Population density: 197 people per square mile
• 89% white, 7% Hispanic, 2% black​
• Median age: 43
• President Trump won 66% of the vote in '16 in Adams County. ​​
• 75% increase in commitments to state prison between 2006 and 2015

Philadelphia

• Population density: 11,380 people per square mile
• 42% black, 37% white, 12% Hispanic
• Median age: 34
• President Trump won 15% of the vote in '16 in Philadelphia County.
• Incarceration rates in Philadelphia County have declined significantly