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Feb. 10: Philly Prison Oversight Advocates Meeting

Feb. 10: Philly Prison Oversight Advocates Meeting

January 2025 Newsletter

January 2025 Newsletter

Jails

ALC Statement | Celebrating Chinatown's Win and Why We Must Keep Fighting

ALC Statement | Celebrating Chinatown's Win and Why We Must Keep Fighting

Man dies in police custody after Kensington narcotics arrest, drug paraphernalia found in cell

Man dies in police custody after Kensington narcotics arrest, drug paraphernalia found in cell

Dec. 12: New Year's Card Party

Dec. 12: New Year's Card Party

Jail oversight negotiations continue as legislation moves forward

Jail oversight negotiations continue as legislation moves forward

Diabetic inmate's 'preventable' death at Philadelphia jail prompts federal lawsuit

Diabetic inmate's 'preventable' death at Philadelphia jail prompts federal lawsuit

Philadelphia jail withheld insulin from a diabetic inmate who died, lawsuit says

Philadelphia jail withheld insulin from a diabetic inmate who died, lawsuit says

A man with diabetes died in a Philadelphia jail after he didn’t get insulin for 6 days, lawsuit says

A man with diabetes died in a Philadelphia jail after he didn’t get insulin for 6 days, lawsuit says

“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