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Jun 19, 20182 min read
Media Links: Criminalization of Condom Possession in Pittsburgh
Media Links: Criminalization of Condom Possession in Pittsburgh 6.18.18 LaTasha Mayors. “New Voices Staunchly Opposes Criminalization of...
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Swop Behind Bars
Jun 19, 20184 min read
Action Alert: SWOP Pittsburgh to D.A. Zappala
Date: 6/18/2018 Hon. Stephen A. Zappala, Jr. Allegheny County District Attorney Courthouse, Room 303 436 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA...
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 26, 20181 min read
PA Press Release: Lackawanna County Prison Guard Charged with Sexual Offenses is Held for Trial
2/23/2018 HARRISBURG — Following last week’s arrests of seven current and former Lackawanna County prison guards for their roles in a...
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 26, 20181 min read
Spotlight On: Philadelphia’s De/Incarceration Effort
Did you know that: a $3.5 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation was awarded to the city [of Philadelphia] in 2016 aimed at...
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 26, 20181 min read
Understanding FOSTA & SESTA
PDF (c) Reframe Health & Justice RHJ 2018 #PDFcReframeHealthampJusticeRHJ2018 #SESTA
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 23, 20184 min read
Criminal Justice Reform: Cash Bail iv
Philly DA Larry Krasner won’t seek cash bail in certain crimes. Re/Post: February 21, 2018 Article by Chris Palmer, Staff Writer...
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Swop Behind Bars
Feb 22, 20185 min read
HIV & Solitary Confinement: CJ Palmer
On the 19th of January, 2018, CJ Palmer, a trans woman and former sex worker was charged with causing grievous bodily harm in relation to...
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Melanie Dante
Jan 28, 20181 min read
Today we trade fear for sanctuary
Today we trade fear for sanctuary!
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Swop Behind Bars
Jan 12, 20182 min read
2017 Paralegal Scholarships
SWOP Behind Bars awarded three scholarships to Blackstone Career Institute’s Paralegal Certificate Program on December 17, 2017 in honor...
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Swop Behind Bars
Dec 10, 20172 min read
In Philly: The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
Billy Penn Philadelphia on Slought: New documentary explores and exposes U.S. mass incarceration New documentary explores and exposes...
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Swop Behind Bars
Dec 20, 20162 min read
2016 Paralegal Scholarships
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Swop Behind Bars
Jul 5, 20162 min read
Forge a Way and Persevere
Post by Amber Batts I was arrested July 9, 2014 for sex trafficking. I’m an Alaskan, born and raised in Juneau, Alaska, moving to...
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Swop Behind Bars
May 21, 20162 min read
How to Support GiGi: Rockstar Activist, Wrongly Charged & Incarcerated
Gigi Thomas, MSW, is a leading human rights advocate and a transgender woman of color who has worked for more than 15 years in the...
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