ALC is a movement lawyering and organizing project that defends human rights and challenges incarceration and other state & structural violence abolitionistlawcenter.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mx7vg7w66k2gNicholas O'Rourke & City Council want answers on how things were allowed to get this bad with a medical contractor, YesCare, that had a clear record of failure nationwide—and so do we. https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/all-the-nurses-failed-to-show-for-an-overnight-shift-inside-a-philadelphia-jail-the/article_792c9374-a15b-4d5d-bcf6-96826c9b0e10.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026106_Newsletter_Philly&utm_term=Philly_Daily06 Oct 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7vg7w66k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mwls4jznvc22“No one can change the harm and the pain that was caused by Christa’s actions when she was 18.... No one has denied that pain is real. What I do not understand is how our collective reaction to that pain is to create more pain and harm.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwls4jznvc22https://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mupz25np622r3-day weekend? Get the back-to-school spirit with this reading list of startling and illuminating reads on how—and why—the US built the world's biggest carceral system, and where it may be heading. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupz25np622rhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3msivi3u6pk2w"Taxpayers and city officials lack access to citywide performance data for one of Philadelphia’s biggest and fastest-growing surveillance tools, according to the @eff.org." https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/special-report-philadelphia-scanned-25-million-license-plates-but-can-t-say-whether-the-investigative/article_13b279b2-f813-42cb-b6e8-47977fa814d7.html07 Aug 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3msivi3u6pk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3msgfnh7z2k2w“This is another piece of surveillance technology under the guise of safety and wellness.” Join community members TONIGHT 8/6 4-6 PM in holding Allegheny County officials accountable for protecting the rights & well-being of those held at the county jail. community.triblive.com/news/4105952 https://community.triblive.com/news/410595206 Aug 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgfnh7z2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3ms6wd2jz4k26Sanaa and our other summer interns have been an excellent addition to our team, and we foresee great things in their futures. @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2026/07/30/advocating-for-human-rights-meet-sanaa-akindele-28-jd/03 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6wd2jz4k26https://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mrspliztms2dALC supports HB 1042, which grants parole eligibility after 30 years served for the 1k+ people now doing LWOP for 2nd-degree, with further guidelines by the Sentencing Commission. SB 1400 would instead make our state the 3rd most punitive in US for 2nd-degree. PA doesn't need more incarceration. https://metrophiladelphia.com/stories/lawmakers-miss-deadline-rewrite-pennsylvania-second-degree-murder-law,14935129 Jul 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrspliztms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mrqezhrs5227Mumia Abu-Jamal is approaching the 45th anniversary of his incarceration. Today, he took his claim of arbitrary imprisonment for a crime he did not commit to a new tribunal: the United Nations. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/mumia-abu-jamal-un-jail28 Jul 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqezhrs5227https://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mrfo2zfpas2v"We're going to be proactively looking to disseminate lessons and strategies and ways that others can apply what happened here to their own locale. This can and should serve as a model to be adapted to local conditions." – Bret Grote, legal director, Abolitionist Law Center [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfo2zfpas2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mrausy7ad22v"...if the only constitutional power left to “the people” is to sit around, waiting for a Supreme Court justice to die of old age, we live in a medieval monarchy, not a modern, dynamic constitutional system." https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/monarchy-supreme-court-popular-constitution-by-the-people.html via @slate.com @dahlialithwick.bsky.social https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/monarchy-supreme-court-popular-constitution-by-the-people.html?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=6544997a36-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_22_10_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-6544997a36-17503830522 Jul 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrausy7ad22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mranabi4cc2vLive in Philly: We're not going back! Community leaders, victims advocates & Philadelphia residents have gathered at Salt & Light Church to speak out & condemn the PA Supreme Court for recent racist rulings aimed to perpetuate oppression, harm and marginalization of Black people. snlphilly.com/live https://snlphilly.com/live22 Jul 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mranabi4cc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mqtza5rzus2h"Prisoners in solitary confinement like Jason Wilson are basically being cooked to death.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/texas-crisis-brutal-heat-prison-cells17 Jul 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtza5rzus2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mqcge56fdu2hWe're hiring a FT paralegal for our Philadelphia office to work with our legal dept on litigation, investigation, and research tasks, communicating with incarcerated clients, managing case files, and managing intake correspondence. Salary: starts $57,500 https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/jobs-and-internships/10 Jul 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcge56fdu2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mq3mmclcjk2qThe 5th Circuit is “one of the worst in the country, so I don’t have high hopes that this would be overturned, although I hope that there is a judge on that circuit who will look at it and say that this is an injustice.” — ALC exec dir Saleem Holbrook https://www.salon.com/2026/07/03/prairieland-sentences-brings-war-on-terror-home/ via @salon.com07 Jul 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3mmclcjk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mpjwdjziwb2bIn May, the PA Supreme Court ruled in Commonwealth v. Lee that mandatory life w/o parole sentences for 2nd-degree murder are unconstitutional. The PA General Assembly has until 7/24 to rectify these illegal sentences. Join us Thurs eve for updates on this legislative battle for 2nd chances. http://bit.ly/lee-debrief430 Jun 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjwdjziwb2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/abolitionistlawcenter.org/post/3mpjsdakyic2pThe US Supreme Court should not have taken up the Trump administration’s case on whether the 14th Amendment actually ensures birthright citizenship, something that has been long settled. Doing so was racist overreach.30 Jun 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:bsv7psabdf7tbjnz7yvml36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjsdakyic2p