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Labor and Civil Service Committee reports prison‑oversight bill after unanimous votes
Summary
The Committee on Labor and Civil Service voted unanimously to approve an amendment to Bill 251099 and sent the measure to council with a favorable recommendation and a request to suspend rules to permit first reading; the bill would create an Office of Prison Oversight and a Philadelphia Prison Community Oversight Board.
The Committee on Labor and Civil Service on Jan. 12 advanced Bill 251099, an ordinance to establish an Office of Prison Oversight (OPO) and the Philadelphia Prison Community Oversight Board, after approving an amendment and voting to report the measure out of committee.
Councilman Anthony Phillips moved approval of an amendment to Bill 251099; the motion was seconded and adopted by voice vote with no recorded opposition. Phillips then moved that the bill, as amended, be…
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