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Ten Things You Can Do to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal | ALC

Join the next Free Our People Coalition meeting

Solidarity Not Solitary PA: Join us to stop solitary confinement in PA's prisons, jails, detention centers, and other facilities

TAKE ACTION: Support the End Solitary Confinement Act

Third Excessive Force Lawsuit Against ACJ This Year Documents Consistent Pattern of Brutal Assaults | ALC

Lawsuit Details Two Brutal Assaults at Allegheny County Jail, One Instance Resulted in Criminal Charges Against Officer

Maersk Shareholder Resolution Open Letter

In Solidarity: Abolitionist Law Center’s Statement on Palestine

Saleem Holbrook urges Philadelphia City Council to decarcerate county jails | ALC

Letter to Mayor Parker about Kensington Wellness Courts (pdf)

Campaign: Ending Death by Incarceration | ALC

Documents Contradict Google’s Claims About Its Project Nimbus Contract With Israel | The Intercept

Death by incarceration: Abolitionists at UN call for end to "the other death penalty" | Tag24

How a Probation Violation Turns Into Indefinite Jail Time | The Nation

Juana Saunders: Transparency would help restore confidence in our judiciary

Commonwealth v. Jerome Coffey | ALC

ALC Lawsuit: Wilkerson v. Sarver

Class action lawsuit on the biggest driver of mass incarceration in Allegheny County: Horton v. Rangos | ALC

Class action lawsuit on torture in county jail: Little v. Dauphin County | ALC

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

Settlement Requires Major Changes and Increased Staffing at Allegheny County Jail | ALC

Class Action Suit Seeks to End Solitary Confinement for Hundreds in PA Department of Corrections | ALC

Pennsylvania Solitary Unit Pushes People to Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges | The Appeal

Plaintiffs bring class action lawsuit challenging the pervasive use of probation detainers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | ALC

Unprecedented Settlement For Protestors and West Philadelphia Residents Who Suffered Police Violence During 2020 Protests (pdf)

John “Yahya” Moore released from prison after 27 years | ALC

A Call for Greater Compassion: How Pennsylvania’s Compassionate Release Statue Reinforces Cruelty | ALC

Invisible By Design: Developmental and Cognitive Disabilities in Allegheny County’s Criminal Legal System

“You Send Yourselves to Jail” Coercive Diversion in the Allegheny County Mental Health Court

Probation in Allegheny County

If we abandon our political prisoners we abandon ourselves—Palestine shows us why | Mondoweiss

‘All Oppressed Peoples Should Have Solidarity With Each Other.’ | The Appeal

I Faced Death by Incarceration. The UN Heard My Plea to Abolish Life Sentences | TruthOut

I was sentenced to life without parole at age 18. I’m proof that redemption is possible. | Philly Inquirer

U.S. leads the World in solitary confinement that destroys prisoners mental health | MR Online

The U.S. prison population is rapidly graying. Prisons aren't built for what's coming | NPR

Deaths in Pa. jails are undercounted. Our investigation found dozens of hidden cases | PINJ

Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brands | AP

Probation and parole do not make us safer. It’s time to rethink them | WaPo

The Case for Child Welfare Abolition | In These Times

The Warehouse: A Visual Primer on Mass Incarceration | PM Press

Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers