Nonprofit Legal Aid org fighting for prisoners' rights since 1981. PILP provides free civil legal services & resources to incarcerated people throughout PA.
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Imagine being in severe, debilitating pain and being completely ignored. That is what happened to Graytz Morrison while incarcerated at FCI Allenwood
Learn more > pilp.org/cases
We are so incredibly grateful to all of our sponsors for tonight's Annual Event & Fundraiser. Your support of our essential work is invaluable.
(It's not too late to get your tickets >> ticketleap.events/tickets/pi…)
Your donation during the 2025 Spring Match campaign will be matched one-to-one!
Make a #Donation and double your impact! (Through June 30th)
pilp.org/donate
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/2025/4/1/sci-m…
PILP Executive Director Su Ming Yeh joined Philadelphia City Council today for a hearing about Philadelphia prisons.
#Philadelphia #Prisons #Jails #DetentionCenter
As 2024 draws to a close, we at the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project want to express our sincere gratitude for your support. Your generosity has been instrumental in our ongoing fight for justice within Pennsylvania's prisons and jails.
pilp.org/donate
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After 7 months of reporting "Let Us Live" is now out: A multimedia storytelling project that details the human cost of PA prisons and jails routine denial of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) to incarcerated people, despite having been prescribed the medication by doctors
Our #LetUsLive storytelling project is out now!
Check out the entire project here >> pilp.org/let-us-live-moud-st…
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Thanks to @ArielGoodman_ for her hard work!
Many thanks for the support @AbolitionistLC & @VitalStrat
#MOUD #opioidusedisorder #Philly #Philadelphia #Jail
Our #LetUsLive storytelling project is out now!
Check out the entire project here >> pilp.org/let-us-live-moud-st…
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Thanks to @ArielGoodman_ for her hard work!
Many thanks for the support @AbolitionistLC & @VitalStrat
#MOUD #opioidusedisorder #Philly #Philadelphia #Jail
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This is a win thanks to the brave folks we represented in our 2020 lawsuit with @PA_ILP against ACJ. It also wouldn't have been possible without the persistent work of our community organizer @tanishaevonne, our allies & the activists who fought to hold ACJ accountable.
ACT NOW - RSVP!!!
Our annual meeting & #MOUD project launch will be a fantastic event!
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If you or someone you know is impacted by the #opioid epidemic in #Philadelphia, you may be interested in attending our event.
Learn more and RSVP 👇👇👇
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Today is the last day to register to #vote in the 2024 General Election.
If you or someone you know needs more information about your voting rights while incarcerated, please check out our latest resources >> pilp.org/materials
Have you RSVP'd for our upcoming Annual Event?
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Today, ALC attorney Bret Grote argued to the PA Supreme Court that mandatory life without parole sentences for 2nd-degree murder are a cruel punishment of people who didn't actually kill anyone, and should be struck down as unconstitutional. @triblive:
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Our 2024 Annual Event is almost a month away!
Monday, Nov 18
6 -8 PM
@DesignPhilly
1218 Arch Street
To commemorate this special event, a new #MOUD project called "Let Us Live" will be launched.
RSVP TODAY >> ticketleap.events/tickets/pi…
Read more about our work on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder >> pilp.org/let-us-live-moud-st…
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Congratulations to @PA_ILP on its successful appeal on behalf of a Roy Lee Williams, who spent 26 years in solitary confinement. The appeals court held that Williams is entitled to file suit against prison officials for alleged cruel & unusual punishment. abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSt…
BIG NEWS!
US appeals court says man can sue Pennsylvania over 26 years of solitary confinement
Mr. Roy Lee Williams is represented by our Supervising Attorney, Matthew Feldman
abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSt… (via @ABC)
According to Feldman, about 5% of the state's prison population is in solitary confinement. He said that about half of that group — compared to one-third of the overall prison population — have a history of mental illness.