The move by Allegheny County expands access to treatment for people who can’t aid in their own defense due to mental illness.

Seven civil rights lawsuits name one Allegheny County Jail sergeant. One plaintiff details allegations of abuse which lead to litigation.

Allegheny County may be the first to ban restraint chairs through a referendum. Views diverge on how that policy fares four years on.

The Allegheny County Jail could significantly increase its ... would resolve a class action that accused the jail in Pittsburgh of offering inadequate treatment and medication for inmates with ...

Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail ... alleges doctors and medical staff at the Allegheny County Jail provided substandard care. The lawsuit claims jail ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An Allegheny County Jail inmate died Thursday, the county announced. In a release, the county said the 60-year-old man was booked in the jail on May 22 on a bench warrant for ...

A Pittsburgh journalist sued Allegheny County in federal court Thursday, claiming a county jail “gag order” violates jail staff’s First Amendment free-speech rights, as well as the press ...

PITTSBURGH — An Allegheny County Jail inmate who tried to escape police custody while at the hospital is raising safety concerns. Officer Brian Englert is the President of the Allegheny County ...

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