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The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project protects and advances the constitutional and civil rights of people incarcerated in Pennsylvania through litigation, advocacy, and legal advice.

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Now is the time to #SaveTheDate and get your tickets for our big annual event/fundraiser!

The event will feature a discussion about medical care behind bars with PILP Client, Graytz Morrison, and PILP attorney Evangeline Wright.

Buy Tickets >> www.ticketleap.events/tickets/pilp...

23.09.2025 13:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate β€” Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project Out of Sight NOT Out of Mind. Help us fight for our incarcerated community members' basic rights to humane living conditions, freedom from assault/ sexual assault, access medical care, and more.

For the first time ever, donations made to PILP will be matched one-to-one!

Thanks to two generous supporters, you will double your impact if you make a #Donation before June 30th! Please help us reach our goal of $15,000 raised ($30K after the match)

CLICK HERE >> pilp.org/donate

22.05.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Pennsylvania County Banned Restraint Chairs at its Jail. Public Data Was Key. Jason Porter takes comfort in knowing restraint chairs have been banned from Allegheny County Jail. He was strapped down in the controversial device for six hours without food or water in 2020. His te...

Data shows Allegheny County Jail was β€˜uniquely bad’

PILP attorneys contributed to this impactful report from @gracehauck.bsky.social of the @illinoisanswers.bsky.social

illinoisanswers.org/2025/05/15/t...

19.05.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ACLU Urges Appeals Court to Reverse Dismissal of Case Challenging Deprival of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder β€” Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project The American Civil Liberties Union, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed their opening brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to reverse the di...

Along with @aclu.org and @aclupa.org, we filed a brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to reverse the dismissal of a case challenging the deprival of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

pilp.org/news/2025/5/...

14.05.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Miranda Barbour due to a horrifying pattern of relentless sexual assault, harassment, and stalking against her by a parole agent Kenneth Jones...

Read more >> pilp.org/news/2025/4/...

02.04.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The PA Department of Corrections discriminated against our client, so we sued.

Despite being aware of Mr. Topper’s disabilities, the DOC has routinely denied him access to a communication aid.

Learn more >> pilp.org/news/topper

13.03.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PILP Executive Director Su Ming Yeh joined Philadelphia City Council today for a hearing about Philadelphia prisons.

#Philadelphia #Prisons #Jails #DetentionCenter

04.03.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0