What We Do
Litigate To End Mass Incarceration
Organize for Liberation
Advocate for Our Communities
We're Still Here: Stories from People Sentenced to Death By Incarceration
Over 5,000 people in Pennsylvania have been robbed of hope for a positive future due to Life Without Parole sentences. In these firsthand accounts, lifers share who they've become during their time inside and what gives their lives meaning.
No Way Home: A Film About a Mother's Struggle to Reunite Her Family
Amistad Law Project is thrilled to make No Way Home available in its entirety to stream online. Watch our film about Mrs Dee Dee's struggle to reunite her family and get involved in building the movement for second chances in Pennsylvania.
Alternatives to Police: Expanding Non-Police Mobile Crisis Teams Citywide
We have partnered with the Treatment Not Trauma coalition to win over $10 million for a pilot program for mobile crisis teams in Philadelphia. We continue to advocate for its expansion so people in crisis receive care, not cops.
Move It Forward Explores How Gun Violence is Connected to Wealth Inequality
In a new season of our podcast, we explore the impact of the gun violence crisis here in Philadelphia—and the structural forces that are driving it.
