The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project has sent and advocacy letter to Department of Corrections (DOC) counsel and to the Superintendent of SCI Waymart. The advocacy letter is on behalf of an incarcerated man and his fiancée, who have been trying to get married for over a year and keep getting thwarted by DOC staff, who haven't offered any genuine reason to deny the request.
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter on Behalf of Man with Serious Visual Impairments at SCI Greene
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter to DOC on Behalf of Blind Man at SCI Phoenix
Class Action Lawsuit Filed to End Torturous Solitary Confinement Conditions in Pennsylvania Prison
A group of people incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) Fayette have filed a class action lawsuit seeking to end the unconstitutional solitary confinement being imposed on men in the Security Threat Group Management Unit (STGMU). The men filed the lawsuit from their solitary confinement cells, without the assistance of attorneys, in October 2022, and, at their request, a team of lawyers from the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP), Abolitionist Law Center (ALC), and Dechert LLP have now entered the case.
Preliminary Injunction Ordered in Case Seeking Halal Meat and Other Foods for Religious Holidays
Lawyers from the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project have announced that a preliminary injunction has been ordered in a case which sought a return to a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) policy allowing for the purchase of optional meals during religious ceremonial holidays or celebrations.
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter Urging Expanded Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Lackawanna County Prison
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter on Behalf of Man Denied MOUD Treatment
PILP Client Becomes First Person in DOC Custody to Receive Gender-Affirming Surgery
After five years of advocacy, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) is pleased to announce that their client has become the first person in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) custody to receive gender-affirming surgery. The client, Mx. Doe, first became a client of PILP in 2017 when they were one of the first individuals to begin receiving testosterone at SCI Cambridge Springs and experienced numerous issues with the provision and dosage of the medication.