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Lawyers argue Allegheny County unlawfully jails probationers in federal suit

Lawyers argue Allegheny County unlawfully jails probationers in federal suit

Legal advocates seek to overturn no-parole sentencing in felony-murder case

Legal advocates seek to overturn no-parole sentencing in felony-murder case

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony Mariani facing over 60 misconduct complaints

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony Mariani facing over 60 misconduct complaints

Death-Making Institutions: How Police, Probation, and the Judiciary Caused Gerald Thomas to Die in Jail

Death-Making Institutions: How Police, Probation, and the Judiciary Caused Gerald Thomas to Die in Jail

Mother of Gerald Thomas and survivors of ACJ address ongoing deaths, medical neglect and call for resignation of Warden Harper, investigation into Judge Mariani citing anti-Black racist conduct

Lawsuit Challenging Death By Incarceration Goes Before PA Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Weigh in on Death-By-Incarceration Lawsuit

After 51 Years in Prison, Arthur 'Cetewayo' Johnson is Released

After 51 Years in Prison, Arthur 'Cetewayo' Johnson is Released

After 50 years in prison — 37 in solitary confinement — Philly man’s conviction is vacated

After 50 years in prison — 37 in solitary confinement — Philly man’s conviction is vacated

Maintaining Apartheid: Arrest and Cash Bail in Allegheny County (Court Watch Docket Report #2)

Maintaining Apartheid: Arrest and Cash Bail in Allegheny County (Court Watch Docket Report #2)

“I’ve been following the work of the Abolitionist Law Center for quite a long time. If we’re going to begin the process of eliminating structural racism, we certainly have to start with prisons.”

Angela Y. Davis

Abolitionist Law Center
P.O. Box 8654
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
info@alcenter.org