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Prisoners of Pa.’s secret system of indefinite isolation sue for release and damages

Prisoners of Pa.’s secret system of indefinite isolation sue for release and damages

Pennsylvania inmates sue over ‘tortuous conditions’ of solitary confinement

Pennsylvania inmates sue over ‘tortuous conditions’ of solitary confinement

Those in solitary confinement unit at Fayette prison face 'cruel and unusual punishment,' lawsuit says

Those in solitary confinement unit at Fayette prison face 'cruel and unusual punishment,' lawsuit says

Pennsylvania Solitary Unit Pushes People to Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges

Pennsylvania Solitary Unit Pushes People to Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges

Pa. prison confines mentally ill people in solitary, a ‘never-ending cycle’: lawsuit

Pa. prison confines mentally ill people in solitary, a ‘never-ending cycle’: lawsuit

Holbrook v. Jellen

Holbrook v. Jellen

Solitary Confinement

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.

Pa. prisons pledge reform and agree to pay $8.5 million after Philly man died from pepper spray.

Pa. prisons pledge reform and agree to pay $8.5 million after Philly man died from pepper spray.

Family of Tyrone Briggs, killed at the age of 29 by SCI-Mahanoy staff, reach historic settlement with Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

“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