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Incarceration (Prison and Jail)

Court Filing Asks Court to Hold City in Contempt As Crisis Looms in Philadelphia Jails

Court Filing Asks Court to Hold City in Contempt As Crisis Looms in Philadelphia Jails

April 08, 2024

March 2024 Newsletter

March 2024 Newsletter

April 03, 2024

Here's how a new federal prison could impact environment, economy in eastern Kentucky

Here's how a new federal prison could impact environment, economy in eastern Kentucky

March 13, 2024

PA DOC Solitary Confinement Cases (Hammond | Henderson | Walker)

PA DOC Solitary Confinement Cases (Hammond | Henderson | Walker)

March 06, 2024

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’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