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On October 17, 21 organizations based in Allegheny County sent a letter to District Attorney Stephen Zappala calling on him to be more transparent in the operations of his network of 1,000-plus cameras and to end the use of facial recognition technology. Read the letter...

Alex Domingos is a senior organizer for the ACLU of Pennsylvania's Campaign for Smart Justice. He works to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania while combating racial disparities in the criminal justice system. He also works to end immigration detention in the commonwealth. Before joining ACLU-PA, Alex advocated against institutional racial bias as an activist with This Stops Today Harrisburg. He is a founding member and the former director of the Dauphin County Bail Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to abolishing cash bail in Dauphin County. In his spare time, Alex enjoys reading, playing and watching sports, and recording and performing music. (Harrisburg)(Harrisburg)

In the weeks leading up to Allegheny County’s municipal primary elections in May, the ACLU of Pennsylvania partnered with a number of community groups for a candidate forum intended to give the public an opportunity to hear from District Attorney Stephen Zappala and challenger Turahn Jenkins.