The Prisoner Justice Campaign (fiscally sponsored by Abolitionist Law Center) was formed around 6 prisoners, who were prison activists and litigators. The men were targeted because they contributed to a year-long investigation and report that detailed abuse, horrific conditions and human rights violations in the solitary units at SCI Dallas in Dallas, Pennsylvania. After one of them was subjected to torture, they held a peaceful protest in solitary confinement and were brutally attacked by guards with pepper spray and tasers, then charged with riot. A campaign comprised of activists from many movements, mothers, religious leaders and the community rallied around the men for 7 years. These men successfully litigated their own case with help of a stand-by attorney and were exonerated.

The Prisoner Justice Campaign assists and supports prisoners in our county jails, state prisons and immigrant detention facilities. It would also support and protect jailhouse lawyers and prisoner whistle-blowers while they expose and litigate human rights violations and other issues as it pertains to mass incarceration.