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Incarceration (Prison and Jail)

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

October 25, 2016

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

September 20, 2016

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

February 03, 2015

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

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

July 15, 2014

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

July 07, 2014

Statement from the Palakovic Family

Statement from the Palakovic Family

July 07, 2014

“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