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Incarceration (Prison and Jail)

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

Lawsuit Filed Seeking Immediate Treatment for Hepatitis C

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

Allegheny County Jail to Cease Housing Pregnant Women in Isolation

Media Release: In Precedential Third Circuit Ruling, Lawsuit Challenging Solitary Confinement Resulting in Suicide Moves Forward

Lawsuit Filed Challenging County Jail’s Practice of Placing Pregnant Women in Solitary Confinement

MEDIA RELEASE: Lawsuit Filed Against Corizon and Allegheny County Jail for Starving 28-year-old, Causing Heart Attack

37 years in solitary confinement is enough for inmate from Philly, judge rules

37 years in solitary confinement is enough for inmate from Philly, judge rules

Allegheny County Jail Health Justice Project to Launch at Jail Oversight Board meeting on Thursday

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

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

“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