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Incarceration (Prison and Jail)

If We Stand Tall it is Because We Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

If We Stand Tall it is Because We Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

March 04, 2024

Free Them All! Political Prisoners and the Black Radical Tradition

Free Them All! Political Prisoners and the Black Radical Tradition

February 27, 2024

Johnson v. Wetzel

Johnson v. Wetzel

February 19, 2024

PA Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Constitutionality of Life Without Parole for Felony Murder

PA Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Constitutionality of Life Without Parole for Felony Murder

February 16, 2024

Citizen of the Year Awards: Robert Saleem Holbrook

Citizen of the Year Awards: Robert Saleem Holbrook

January 15, 2024

A dying man won release from prison after Spotlight PA highlighted his case. It shouldn’t be that hard, advocates say.

A dying man won release from prison after Spotlight PA highlighted his case. It shouldn’t be that hard, advocates say.

November 21, 2023

I’m a prisoner in solitary confinement, and I’m suing the state to end this torture

I’m a prisoner in solitary confinement, and I’m suing the state to end this torture

November 15, 2023

Stripped: Unveiling the unseen trauma of strip searching juveniles in the Allegheny County Jail

Stripped: Unveiling the unseen trauma of strip searching juveniles in the Allegheny County Jail

November 15, 2023

A Message from Robert Saleem Holbrook

A Message from Robert Saleem Holbrook

November 14, 2023

Death by Incarceration: Abolitionists at UN Call for End to

Death by Incarceration: Abolitionists at UN Call for End to "The Other Death Penalty"

October 29, 2023

“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