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Prisoner Health

Making Noise & Making News: June 2023

Deaths soar as population drops from pre-pandemic highs, medical needs neglected amid staffing collapse

Deaths soar as population drops from pre-pandemic highs, medical needs neglected amid staffing collapse

A Criminal Solution

A Criminal Solution

Experts in lawsuit say mental health care at Allegheny County Jail is 'grossly inadequate'

Experts in lawsuit say mental health care at Allegheny County Jail is 'grossly inadequate'

To successfully use Pennsylvania’s ‘compassionate release’ law, he had to choose to die

To successfully use Pennsylvania’s ‘compassionate release’ law, he had to choose to die

Filed: McCray v Allegheny County

Filed: McCray v Allegheny County

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

Activists praise vote that bans solitary at Allegheny County Jail

Activists praise vote that bans solitary at Allegheny County Jail

“I Can’t Breathe” – Parents of Tyrone Briggs Sue Department of Corrections for Death of their Son

“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