
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) Looking to Hire State Policy Director - Pennsylvania
Employees of FAMM are deeply motivated to help fight the injustice and burden of mandatory minimum sentencing. The work is meaningful and...

Webinar: Systemic Racism and the Courts - December 2nd
Click Here To Register Date/ Time: December 2nd, 2pm EST There are a number of access points for racism to creep into our civil and...

PA Bills to Reinstate Mandatory Minimums Would Push Our State Backward | Opinion
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Keenan Rambo and Samantha Jallah - September 30, 2020 George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the many other unarmed...

ACLU Calls on Justice Department, Bureau of Prisons to Release People Vulnerable to Coronavirus
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) requested the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) release prisoners who are...

In 2019, 143 Young People in Philadelphia Had Cases That Started Out In The Adult System; Rising fro
For many teens, turning 18 is a milestone marked by celebration, a rite of passage that comes with a sense of independence, freedom and...

Private Screening | The Urban League of Philadelphia & Aramark Presents JUST MERCY
You are cordially invited to join The Urban League of Philadelphia & Aramark for a private screening of the critically-acclaimed film,...

At Present Pace, It Will Take 72 years to Cut the U.S. Prison Population in Half, Sentencing Project
U.S. Prison Population Trends: Massive Buildup and Modest Decline By year end 2017, 1.4 million people were imprisoned in the United...

Sharif Street Reintroduces Bill Focused on Sentencing Reform
A Chance of Freedom? New Bill Could Release 1,000 People Sentenced to Life in PA Prisons Aaron Moselle - September 16, 2019 Tom Schilk...

New Risk Assessment Tool for PA Cases Comes Under Continued Fire
A New Risk Assessment Tool for Sentencing in PA Criminal Cases—Reform or More Harm? | Opinion Laurel Gift - September 7, 2019 On...

Judge frees Philly man serving life prison term after prosecutors call him ‘likely innocent’ in 1991
July 15, 2019, Michaelle Bond - The Inquirer Twenty-eight years after police arrested Chester Hollman III for murder, 25 years after a...