Alexandra Morgan-Kurtz
Alexandra Morgan-Kurtz is the Deputy Director of the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project. They have successfully litigated dozens of federal civil rights claims on behalf of individuals incarcerated and detained in Pennsylvania on issues such as sexual abuse, religious freedom, disability rights and inadequate mental health and medical care. Their victories include a precedential Third Circuit decision expanding the rights of incarcerated individuals to purse class actions for violations of their civil rights, two successful jury trials and settlements eliminating multiple unconstitutional state wide policies. From 2011-2013 they worked as a legal fellow for the ACLU of Pennsylvania. They received their J.D. from the University of Virginia, School of Law in 2011.