Pennsylvania
Legal Resources:
ACLU of Pennsylvania
PO Box 1161
Philadelphia, PA 19105-1161
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
1211 Chestnut St., Ste 600
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 587-9377
Civil Rights Legal Defense Team
2207 South 39th St.
St. Louis, MO 63100
Defender Association of Philadelphia, Capital Defender
121 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 557 - 4961
Defender Association of Philadelphia, Capital Habeas Unit
437 Chestnut Street, Suite 501
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 928 - 0520
Duquesne Law Innocence Project
Geographic area: Western Pennsylvania
Types of cases: Actual innocence; emphasis on cases having strong scientific evidence.
Duquesne Law Innocence Project
Contact: John T. Rago or Joseph Sabino Mistick
600 Forbes Ave.
632 Fisher Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-4704
HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia
2100 Arch St., 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 832-0900
Innocence Institute
201 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 765-3164
Innocence Institute of Western Pennsylvania
Geographic area: western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, northwest Maryland
Types of cases: Actual innocence claims, no other restrictions.
Innocence Institute of Western PA
Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
Point Park College
Contact: Bill Moushey
201 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 392-3416
Lewisburg Prison Project
P.O. Box 128
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Voice: (570) 523-1104
The Lewisburg Prison Project, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides legal and other assistance to prisoners in Central Pennsylvania.
Nationalities Service Center
1300 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5812
(215) 893-8400
National Prison Project
1875 Connecticut Ave, NW #410
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 234-4830
**Penn State Criminal Justice Project
Geographic area: Pennsylvania, mostly eastern part of state. Also will consider Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland.
Types of cases: Actual innocence claims. DNA cases only, but hopes to expand to other wrongful convictions.
Penn State Criminal Justice Project
Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law
150 South College Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 240-5227
Pennsylvania Bar Association LRS and Pro Bono Program
B.O. Box 186
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0186
(717) 238-6715
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
For prisoner complaints in Eastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, contact:
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
Angus Love
924 Cherry St., Suite 523
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 925-2966.
For prisoner complaints in Western Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh, contact:
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
Jere Krakoff
1705 Allegheny Bldg.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 232-0276
Pennsylvania Post-Conviction Defender Organization
Suite 501, The Lafayette Building
437 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 - 2414
Attn: Robert Dunham
(215) 451 - 6500
Pennsylvania Legal Services
118 Locust Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
(717) 236 - 9486
Temple University Innocence Project
1719 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Support Organizations:
Housing Association of Delaware Valley
1500 Walnut St., Suite 601
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 545-6010
Helps to find housing for low income persons.
Pennsylvania Lifers Support Group
P.O. Box 256
Wellsboro, PA 16901
(570) 376-2489
Provides a support network for prisoners with life-sentences and their families.
The Pennsylvania Prison Society
245 N. Broad St., Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19107-1518
(215) 564-6005
Education:
Books through Bars
4722 Baltimore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19143
(215)727-8170
Sends books to prisoners.
