Organizations Filed Purposes:
LEGAL SERVICES & PUBLIC INTEREST LAW.
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.
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 FOUR CASES DURING 2019.
POLITICAL RIGHTS - THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO PROTECT AND BROADEN THE SPEECH RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND THE MOVEMENT TO END MASS INCARCERATION. WE LITIGATED TWO CASES IN THIS PROGRAM DURING 2019.
ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH RIGHTS - THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO EXPOSE THE DANGEROUSLY POOR HEALTHCARE IN THE PRISONS, AND TO FORCE PRISON AUTHORITIES TO IMPROVE IT. IT ALSO AIMS TO SHUTDOWN PRISONS THAT ARE BUILT IN AREAS THAT EXPOSE PRISONERS TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR HEALTH. OUR WORK HERE IS FOCUSED ON AN INVESTIGATION OF A PRISON BUILT NEXT TO A COAL ASH DUMP, CONTESTING THE SUFFICIENCY OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR A PROPOSED PRISON IN KENTUCKY, WORKING TO GET HEPATITIS C POSITIVE PRISONERS CURED, AND WORKING TO IMPROVE HEALTH CONDITIONS AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. WE HAD FIVE CASES LITIGATED AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Dustin Mcdaniel | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 38 | $39,960 |
| Bret Grote | LEGAL DIRECTOR | 38 | $39,960 |
| Quinn Cozzens | SECRETARY | 44 | $39,960 |
| Kempis Songster | DIRECTOR | 0.01 | $0 |
| Carl Redwood Jr | DIRECTOR | 0.46 | $0 |
| Jennifer Lahn | DIRECTOR | 0.18 | $0 |
| Lisa Freeland | DIRECTOR | 0.07 | $0 |
| Jihad Abdulmumit | DIRECTOR | 0.33 | $0 |
| Jasmine Gonzales Rose | DIRECTOR | 0.14 | $0 |
| Anita Colon | TREASURER | 0.09 | $0 |
| Jules Lobel | VICE PRESIDENT | 0.96 | $0 |
| Jamelia Morgan | PRESIDENT | 0.57 | $0 |
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