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Transmitting a resolution proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create the Department of Prisons, to transfer the functions of certain City agencies with respect to penal, reformatory and correctional institutions to a newly-created Department of Prisons and Board of Trustees of Philadelphia Prisons, and to provide for additional duties of the Department, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.

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This communication concerns a proposed amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter that would create a Department of Prisons and a Board of Trustees of Philadelphia Prisons. It would transfer certain prison-related functions from existing City agencies and provide for additional department duties, with the proposed amendment submitted to Philadelphia voters; the item was placed on file.

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PLACED ON FILE
Introduced
January 23, 2014
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Transmitting a resolution proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create the Department of Prisons, to transfer the functions of certain City agencies with respect to penal, reformatory and correctional institutions to a newly-created Department of Prisons and Board of Trustees of Philadelphia Prisons, and to provide for additional duties of the Department, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.

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