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Inmates sue Allegheny County Jail, alleging inadequate mental health care and ‘dehumanizing’ conditions
The lawsuit contends that jail staff have used tasers, pepper spray, and restraint chains for inmates requesting mental health care.
Dialing for dollars: Allegheny Co. will make $4.3M from contract providing phone service to county jail inmates
The money headed into the county's coffers will be coming directly out of the pockets of incarcerated people and their families
In its first meeting in two months, Allegheny County jail board tackles the outbreak behind bars
Incarcerated individuals at the Allegheny County Jail won’t get universal testing, they will be getting $50 in their accounts.
Despite pandemic, Blacks at Allegheny County jail face inequity in bookings, releases | Analysis
During the pandemic proportionally more black individuals were arrested and booked into the jail than during the same period last year, data show.
Almost two-thirds of residents in Allegheny County Jail alt-housing facility have COVID-19
(This developing story will be updated) By Charlie Deitch OAKLAND, Pa.– Nearly 65 percent of residents at an alternative housing facility in Oakland, Pa., outside Pittsburgh, have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an April email that an Allegheny County judge sent to members of the Jail Oversight Board that was obtained by the Pittsburgh […]
A jail of two timelines: The two sides of COVID-19 in the Allegheny County Jail
Information about how the Allegheny County Jail managed the COVID-19 outbreak has been sparse. Here's a timeline of what we know -- and don't know.
‘In way over their heads’: Allegheny Co. jail wasn’t prepared for COVID-19, employees say
An employee suspended for wearing a mask; inmates crowded even closer together in a time of social distancing, and nearly 225 cells sit empty.
Allegheny County officials Wagner, Hallam call for transparency on county jail’s COVID-19 response
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner is calling for more public information about the county’s response to COVID-19 pandemic at the county jail.
Allegheny County Jail employee tests positive for COVID-19
An employee at Allegheny County jail has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Friday.
COVID-19 in W. Pa: Allegheny County Council gets bill to release more inmates from Allegheny County jail
At-large Councilmember Bethany Hallam and colleague Olivia Bennett introduced legislation Tuesday that would authorize the release of some jail inmates.
189 incarcerated persons will be released from Allegheny County’s jail; More likely
Orders have been sent to the Allegheny County Jail to release 189 incarcerated individuals in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19 Outbreak: Inmate advocate group calls for ‘Decarceration’ of Allegheny County Jail
By Charlie Deitch PITTSBURGH — An alliance of elected officials and other organizations led by the Coalition to Abolish Death By Incarceration, a statewide advocacy group for individuals in lockup, is calling for the “decarceration” of the Allegheny County Jail in light of the COVID-19 virus. While drastic steps have been taken to slow the […]