ADOPTED

City Council adopted a resolution proposing a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to create a Department of Prisons and a Board of Trustees of Philadelphia Prisons. The proposal would transfer prison-related responsibilities from certain City agencies, establish a Prisons Commissioner, set duties for correctional facilities, and require a reentry program; it would be submitted to Philadelphia voters for approval.

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.