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Incarceration (Prison and Jail)

A Criminal Solution

A Criminal Solution

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'

Kitchen conditions, medical care lead discussion at jail oversight board meeting

Kitchen conditions, medical care lead discussion at jail oversight board meeting

CP Jail Watch: Freezing on pod 3B, medication expanded, causes of death unveiled

CP Jail Watch: Freezing on pod 3B, medication expanded, causes of death unveiled

What Is Prison Gerrymandering and How Does It Impact US Politics?

What Is Prison Gerrymandering and How Does It Impact US Politics?

Criminal justice advocates call for end to life without parole sentencing

Criminal justice advocates call for end to life without parole sentencing

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.

Friends and family of ALC client John

Friends and family of ALC client John "Yahya" Moore launch official supporter campaign

Inventing Solitary: In 1790, Philadelphia opened the first American penitentiary, with the nation’s first solitary cells. Black people were disproportionately punished from the start.

Inventing Solitary: In 1790, Philadelphia opened the first American penitentiary, with the nation’s first solitary cells. Black people were disproportionately punished from the start.

To successfully use Pennsylvania’s ‘compassionate release’ law, he had to choose to die

To successfully use Pennsylvania’s ‘compassionate release’ law, he had to choose to die

“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