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Health and Environmental Conditions

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

Family Calls for Justice in Death of Tyrone Briggs

November 18, 2019

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

June 20, 2019

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

June 10, 2019

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

April 23, 2019

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

December 31, 2018

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

November 27, 2018

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

October 04, 2018

Lawsuit Filed Seeking Immediate Treatment for Hepatitis C

September 26, 2018

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

February 23, 2018

Allegheny County Jail to Cease Housing Pregnant Women in Isolation

November 09, 2017

“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