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Incarceration (Prison and Jail)

Activists praise vote that bans solitary at Allegheny County Jail

Activists praise vote that bans solitary at Allegheny County Jail

Life Without Parole For 'Felony Murder': Pa. Case Targets Sentencing Law

Life Without Parole For 'Felony Murder': Pa. Case Targets Sentencing Law

“I Can’t Breathe” – Parents of Tyrone Briggs Sue Department of Corrections for Death of their Son

Prisoners’ Rights Advocates File Lawsuit Against Allegheny County Jail for Sergeant Brutalizing Women with Disabilities

ALC, PILP and ACLU send letter to Allegheny County demanding COVID-19 testing and contact tracing after alarming reports and denied tests

Philly man held in solitary confinement 33 years must be let off death row, court rules

Philly man held in solitary confinement 33 years must be let off death row, court rules

We Want Freedom – Statement from Black Philly Radical Collective

We grieve for Rudolph Sutton. It is time to #LetTheVulnerableGo

Family Calls for Justice in Death of Tyrone Briggs

Third Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Argument in Challenge to 33 Years of 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