Pennsylvania Prison Society

The Pennsylvania Prison Society is a non-profit organization. It in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. It helps prisoners and their families. It also helps prisoners after they are out of prison. 

It was started in 1787. It used to be called the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. It was founded by a group of men from Philadelphia. The group of men included Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, John Swanwick, Tench Coxe, Zachariah Poulson, and William White."Pennsylvania Prison Society", Pennsylvania Historical Society, 2006 William White was the president for a long time.

It now has many small organizations, called "chapters", around Pennsylvania. It has 43 chapters. 

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Category:Non-profit organizations of the United States
Category:Philadelphia
Category:Imprisonment and detention
Category:1787 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:Human rights organizations in the United States