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I was recently in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court to observe arguments in South Side Area School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC).
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The Allegheny County Council overwhelmingly defeated a petition to reinstate the use of leg shackles on pregnant people by Allegheny County Jail corrections officers.
In a 12-2 vote, the Council rejected petitioners’ attempt to undo a 2021 voter referendum that outlawed the use of solitary confinement and leg shackles in the County Jail. We a...
WLP’s Client Advocate Davina Scott recently testified at Philadelphia City Council’s hearing on the city’s response to abuse and domestic violence. She spoke alongside survivors, fellow advocates, city officials, and the parents of Kada Scott—a 23-year-old woman whose tragic murder forced the city to confront its inadequate response to domestic and interpersonal violence.
...Today, December 10, Commonwealth Court will hear arguments in one of the most important—and least talked about—state cases about gender equality: South Side Area School District v. Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC).
Philadelphia failed Kada Scott.
You may have heard the heartbreaking story: Kada Scott, a 23-year-old Penn State nursing student, told family and friends she was being harassed before she went missing on her way to work on October 4.
Her body was found two weeks later.
It has since come to light that the 21-year-old man arrested for Scott’s murder could h...