Our Fight Against Moshannon Valley Detention Center!

Moshannon Valley Correctional Facility is a mega detention facility that this Administration has already cut ties with once. Located in Clearfield County, the Moshannon Valley facility has the capacity to detain 1,800 people which would essentially triple the amount of immigration beds in our state. For context, York County Prison - which was the largest detention center in PA until its contract ended with ICE - had capacity to detain 800 people.

CURRENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE DETAINED IN MOSHANNON:______ (Last updated on ____)

How have we fought back?

In 2021 we filed a right to know request to obtain information about the contract negotiations regarding Moshannon Valley Correctional Facility.

With the help of the ACLU PA, in October 2021 we sued the Clear County Commissioners after they violated the Sunshine Act by failing to post the agenda to the meeting that would determine the contract negotiations between the county and Geo Group.

We are leading the fight to shut down Moshannon in our state.

Watch our executive director, Erika Guadalupe Nuñez’s, testimony at the Clearfield’s county commissioners meeting at this link or watch this clip!

TAKE ACTION!

  1. Contact your legislator (aclu action alert)

  2. Sign up to receive updates and opportunities for action (link to google form)

  3. Share on social media (make a general canva on moshannon that people can share on social media)

  4. Donate to JUNTOS

  5. Join the Moshannon Valley Support Network

For more information on our ICE Out of PA Campaign, please contact Erika Guadalupe Nunez (lupita@vamosjuntos.org) or Daisy Romero Chavarria (daisy@vamosjuntos.org).