Su Ming Yeh deputy director of Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project. Su Ming Yeh deputy director of Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project.

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Su Ming Yeh, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project

Through Yeh's leadership, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) continued its robust advocacy on behalf of people who are incarcerated, a population subjected to particularly inhumane conditions as a result of the pandemic. As the pandemic continued for a second year, she served as one of the lead attorneys in a class action against the Philadelphia Department of Prisons seeking to mitigate against the impact of COVID and ensure humane conditions. Yeh and her team obtained several court orders mandating steps to improve conditions, and brought two motions for contempt where the city of Philadelphia agreed to make payments to resolve the motions.