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Invisible By Design: Developmental and Cognitive Disabilities in Allegheny County’s Criminal Legal System

Invisible By Design: Developmental and Cognitive Disabilities in Allegheny County’s Criminal Legal System

Pittsburgh's 'Nurturing' Mental Health Court Actually Punishes the Mentally Ill, Report Says

Pittsburgh's 'Nurturing' Mental Health Court Actually Punishes the Mentally Ill, Report Says

Mental Health Court Harms Instead of Helps, Punishing Community Members with Disabilities

Mental Health Court Harms Instead of Helps, Punishing Community Members with Disabilities

"You Send Yourselves to Jail" Coercive Diversion in the Allegheny County Mental Health Court

Stripped: Unveiling the unseen trauma of strip searching juveniles in the Allegheny County Jail

Stripped: Unveiling the unseen trauma of strip searching juveniles in the Allegheny County Jail

Lawsuit: Failed wound care led to Penn Hills man's death at Allegheny County Jail

Lawsuit: Failed wound care led to Penn Hills man's death at Allegheny County Jail

Lagrotteria v. Allegheny County

Lagrotteria v. Allegheny County

Family of incarcerated man sues Allegheny County Jail, Allegheny Health Network over death

Family of incarcerated man sues Allegheny County Jail, Allegheny Health Network over death

Lawsuit over death of autistic man in a Pittsburgh jail alleges negligence, systemic discrimination

Lawsuit over death of autistic man in a Pittsburgh jail alleges negligence, systemic discrimination

Lawsuit: Autistic Pittsburgh Inmate Died After “Disgraced Physician” Prescribed Benadryl for Emergency Sepsis

Lawsuit: Autistic Pittsburgh Inmate Died After “Disgraced Physician” Prescribed Benadryl for Emergency Sepsis

“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 23032
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
info@alcenter.org