​The Prisoner Advocacy Network (PAN) is a volunteer network of activists, attorneys, legal workers, and law students. We work to improve conditions for activists and those experiencing grave injustice inside California prisons and to promote accountability of the people and institutions charged with their care.

​​MISSION

​Through correspondence, solidarity, co-education, and advocacy, PAN partners with incarcerated people to improve conditions for imprisoned activists and those experiencing grave injustice inside California prisons and to promote accountability of the people and institutions charged with their care.

​Scope

PAN provides non-litigation support. We advocate for individuals by providing issue-specific resources, guides for self-advocacy and offering support on how to exhaust administrative remedies. We support in building a record of evidence for jailhouse lawyers or other litigators to show deliberate indifference, failure to protect, or medical malpractice.

Outcomes

​Since 2015, PAN has:

• Provided direct services to over 100 incarcerated people
  

• Trained 75 long-term Advocates and 50 family members 
• Involved 140 volunteers
• Hosted 40 trainings, including Continuing Legal Education credit offerings for attorneys and paralegals
• Conducted visits to 5 prisons
• Analyzed 40 medical records
• Produced 20 educational videos 

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