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Health and Environmental Conditions

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

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 23032
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
info@alcenter.org