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Solitary confinement in Pa. is at the center of a new federal lawsuit aiming to end the practice in certain cases

Solitary confinement in Pa. is at the center of a new federal lawsuit aiming to end the practice in certain cases

Class Action Lawsuit Filed to End Torturous Solitary Confinement Conditions in Pennsylvania Prison

Class Action Lawsuit Filed to End Torturous Solitary Confinement Conditions in Pennsylvania Prison

Remick et. Al. v. City of Philadelphia

Remick et. Al. v. City of Philadelphia

Bell v. Little

Prison Reform Advocates File Class Action Lawsuit Against Allegheny County Over Jail Conditions and Increased Risk of COVID-19

Media Release: Civil Rights Groups and PA Department of Corrections Near Settlement of Lawsuit Over Legal Mail

Media Alert: Trial Begins in Challenge to State Prisons’ Legal Mail Policy

Media Release: Legal Advocates Challenge Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ New Procedures for Legal Mail

“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