Lawyers for a trans man incarcerated in Allegheny County Jail say their client is experiencing medical emergencies for which he has not received adequate medical attention. Expressing their concerns in a letter to the warden, the lawyers say he has developed a serious infection while at ACJ, and is being denied timely access to his physician-prescribed hormone replacement therapy.
An attorney for the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project said Thursday that when she started investigating conditions in the Fayette County Prison, it "was one of the most appalling facilities I
Lawyers from two advocacy groups and a national law firm have filed a motion in federal court seeking class-action relief for all incarcerated people at.
By Betsey Piette Philadelphia At least 18 people died in 2021 while in custody at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia a higher death toll than at New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail, which imprisons three times more people. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in…
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2116 bill on March 18 the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or the CROWN Act with a vote of 235 to 189. What is this legislation about? It is a bill that outlaws discrimination “based on the…