Abolitionist Law Center
Abolitionist Law Center
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About this organization
Mission
Abolitionist Law Center exists to promote the rights of prisoners and the wrongly convicted by educating the public about injustices in the criminal legal system, and about abusive conditions in the prison system; to provide pro bono legal services to prisoners in order to right injustices and errors committed in the court, and to litigate prisoner claims for violation of their civil rights; to advocate for the abolition of the prison system.
About
Solitary confinement - this program is aimed at holding prison officials accountable for the illegal and inhumane abuse of solitary confinement, and ultimately abolishing the practice entirely. Our work here is concentrated on litigating civil rights lawsuits for prisoners who have been abused by being held in solitary confinement. We had six cases during 2018.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission is outlined in the filing as being “Legal services & public interest law.”.
When outlining its responsibilities, they were referred to as: “The abolitionist law center exists to promote the rights of prisoners and the wrongly-convicted by educating the public about injustices in the criminal legal system and about abusive conditions in the prison system; to provide pro bono legal services to prisoners in order to right injustices and errors committed in the courts, and to litigate the non-frivolous claims of prisoners alleging violations of their civil rights while in prison; to advocate for the radical reformation of the prison system, within the bounds of tax exemption under section 501(c)3 and 501(h) of the code.the public has an interest in ensuring that its prison system is operated within the bounds of constitutional and human rights law and that the broader criminal legal system is reformed.”.
- The state in which the non-profit operates has been officially reported as PA.
- The filing reveals the non-profit's address in 2019 to be 201 N BRADDOCK AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15208.
- As per the non-profit's form for 2019, they have 7 employees on their payroll.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$1,730.
- The organization has 9 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2013.
- The organization pays $267,282 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $11,358 in fundraising expenses.