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Russell "Maroon" Shoatz

10 Years of Life-Affirming Work Challenging Death-Dealing Institutions

10 Years of Life-Affirming Work Challenging Death-Dealing Institutions

Shoatz v. Wetzel and Commonwealth v. Shoatz

Shoatz v. Wetzel and Commonwealth v. Shoatz

Rest easy, and in power. Long live Russell Maroon Shoatz.

MEDIA RELEASE: Settlement reached in Shoatz v. Wetzel

MEDIA RELEASE: Trial ordered in challenge to 22 years of solitary confinement in Shoatz v. Wetzel

Institutionalized Cruelty: The Use of Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania Prisons (Video)

Law and Disorder Radio Program on Release of Russell Maroon Shoatz from Solitary Confinement

MEDIA RELEASE: Russell Maroon Shoatz released from solitary confinement – first time in general population in more than 22 years

Bret Grote Interviewed about Russell Maroon Shoatz on Prison Radio Show - February 13, 2014

JURIST Podcast Interviews ALC on First and Eighth Amendment Rights in the Prisons

“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