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Conditions of Confinement

Solitary Confinement

July 26, 2023

Allegheny County Jail

July 26, 2023

Philadelphia Jails

Philadelphia Jails

July 26, 2023

Shoatz v. Wetzel and Commonwealth v. Shoatz

Shoatz v. Wetzel and Commonwealth v. Shoatz

July 26, 2023

Referenda to Secure the Rights of Incarcerated People

Referenda to Secure the Rights of Incarcerated People

March 20, 2023

A Criminal Solution

A Criminal Solution

March 09, 2023

Experts in lawsuit say mental health care at Allegheny County Jail is 'grossly inadequate'

Experts in lawsuit say mental health care at Allegheny County Jail is 'grossly inadequate'

February 27, 2023

Advocacy group sues Lackawanna County election board over solitary confinement ballot question

Advocacy group sues Lackawanna County election board over solitary confinement ballot question

September 21, 2022

I spent 14 years in solitary confinement. Here’s why we should end the practice.

I spent 14 years in solitary confinement. Here’s why we should end the practice.

August 08, 2022

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

July 05, 2022

“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