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

MEDIA RELEASE: State Office of Open Records orders PA Department of Corrections to release prisoner and staff health record at SCI Fayette

MEDIA RELEASE: State Office of Open Records orders PA Department of Corrections to release prisoner and staff health record at SCI Fayette

MEDIA RELEASE: State Office of Open Records orders PA Department of Corrections to release prisoner and staff health record at SCI Fayette

Action Alert - Demand transfer and medical treatment for prisoner locked up next to toxic coal ash dump

No Escape: Exposure to Toxic Coal Waste at State Correctional Institution Fayette

No Escape: Exposure to Toxic Coal Waste at State Correctional Institution Fayette

Report finds disturbing pattern of illnesses at Southwestern PA prison surrounded by coal ash dump

Report finds disturbing pattern of illnesses at Southwestern PA prison surrounded by coal ash dump

SCI Fayette – Coal Ash Investigation

SCI Fayette – Coal Ash Investigation

Family filing suit over son's suicide while isolated in SCI Cresson

Family filing suit over son's suicide while isolated in SCI Cresson

Parents of Brandon Palakovic sue prison officials for death of their son in solitary confinement

Parents of Brandon Palakovic sue prison officials for death of their son in solitary confinement

Statement from the Palakovic Family

Statement from the Palakovic Family

ALC Protests Coal Ash Pollution at SCI Fayette

“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