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Health and Environmental Conditions

Health of incarcerated people and the physical environment of prisons and jails

MEDIA RELEASE: Prisoners and Activists Stop New Prison on Coal Mine Site in Kentucky

Media Release: Emergency Petition Filed For Young Woman Placed In Solitary Confinement During Her Birthday

Action Alert: Rally Against Family Separation in Allegheny County Criminal Courts

Media Release: Court rules Incarcerated Woman’s Lawsuit Challenging Deprivation of Pain Medication and Mobility Devices May Proceed.

Media Release: Prisoners File Lawsuit Against New Federal Facility on Toxic Strip Mine Site in Kentucky

Media Release: Habeas Petitions Filed To Free Move Members Janet and Janine Africa

Lawsuit Filed Seeking Immediate Treatment for Hepatitis C

Judge: Philly man in solitary for 24 years deserves a chance at general population

Judge: Philly man in solitary for 24 years deserves a chance at general population

Allegheny County Jail to Cease Housing Pregnant Women in Isolation

MEDIA RELEASE: Lawsuit seeks end to 19-year solitary confinement on death row

“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