Section 147. Public welfare, charitable, reformatory, or penal institutions

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Public welfare, charitable, reformatory, or penal institutions

Such public welfare, charitable, sanitary, benevolent, reformatory or penal institutions as the claims of humanity and the public good may require shall be established and operated by the Commonwealth under such organization and in such manner as the General Assembly may prescribe.
Until otherwise prescribed by law, the existing institutions and laws with respect thereto shall continue.

There shall be a state penitentiary, with such branch prisons and prison farms as may be provided by law.

Redlined Comparison between 1902 and 1971 Amendment (includes interim changes)

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