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Mass Incarceration

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY | Probation: A Driving Force of Mass Incarceration

September 12, 2023

Commonwealth v. Derek Lee

Commonwealth v. Derek Lee

September 04, 2023

Solidarity Campaigns

August 08, 2023

Inventing Solitary: In 1790, Philadelphia opened the first American penitentiary, with the nation’s first solitary cells. Black people were disproportionately punished from the start.

Inventing Solitary: In 1790, Philadelphia opened the first American penitentiary, with the nation’s first solitary cells. Black people were disproportionately punished from the start.

June 08, 2022

Incarcerated Seniors Deserve a Chance to Come Home for the Holidays

Incarcerated Seniors Deserve a Chance to Come Home for the Holidays

December 13, 2021

The Fight to Free Avis Lee Continues Despite the Denial of Appeal by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

October 21, 2019

Third Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Argument in Challenge to 33 Years of Solitary Confinement on Death Row

October 19, 2019

“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