In Allegheny County, another child/adolescent was granted decertification today in Judge Beemer's court room. That makes 5 since August. This is good. #LetsWatchCourt Care, Not Control YASP

Through our court watch efforts, we’ve been able to track the cases of many youth ensnared at the ACJ. Today, the juvenile jail population has dropped to just 18—one of the lowest in over a year!

"Countless people in prison (& jail) need to go home." Prison Policy Initiative #Decarcerate #FreeThemAll #LetsWatchCourt

What we have seen is several decertifications happening with a far greater success rate than seen in the years we've been following them! When youths are decertified, the leave the adult criminal legal system entirely--including the adult jail, adult EHM, and adult courts.

Decertification is the motion filed by the adolescent and their defense, that asks the courts to move their case “back” from the adult criminal legal system to the juvenile system. Learn more at our upcoming INFO session on youth proceedings next Thursday: mobilize.us/alccourtwatch/…

Free Marie Scott! Thurs, Jan 9 this week from 6-8pm we're coming together w/friends & allies statewide. We'll be in PGH & Philly spaces, as well as online, to write letters to for Marie's commutation! @vivamarilynbuck HRC Philadelphia CADBIWEST Join us: mobilize.us/alccourtwatch/…

It's coming! We're having a national court watch session to share resources, talk about developments and encourage others to join our movement! Let's hold the courts accountable--together. #letscourtwatch mobilize.us/alccourtwatch/…

Join us on MLK day to learn how court watch is making an impact across the country! We're teaming up with court watch programs from different cities to host this event. Click here to register! ↪️bit.ly/NationalCW

Leonard Peltier is granted clemency! He’s out of prison and commuted to home confinement. This is a huge win for grassroots Indigenous movements who kept his campaign alive and a moral indictment on the system and people who kept him unjustly imprisoned for half a century.

Come & see what court watch looks like in 2025! We're on live: mobilize.us/alccourtwatch/…

Our NYE Letter Writing Campaign is still going strong! We've sent over 200 letters out to 70 incarcerated children & adolesencts this winter season. Care, Not Control is joining in with a letter writing session in Philly tomorrow! Come join us! Details below...

Today we’re showing up for a PCRA hearing for Cris. Member of Philly ParDef, Cris has been incarcerated for 22 years & now will have new evidence to present in court #letswatchcourt

Free Mechie Monday--Call to Action:

📣 Statewide day of action this Monday, Feb. 3: Join the phone-in to help free an incarcerated elder! 📅Schedule 10 minutes on Mondays to make this call, and let us know how it goes! Abolitionist Law Center

PGH incarcerates youths, Philly incarcerates more. Both share the same problem. Children and adolescents do not belong in jail.

🚨 New blog post! 🚨 Check out our first post of the year on compassionate release, written by our court watch intern. Read it here: alccourtwatch.org/blog-2/