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An understaffed medical team at Allegheny County Jail was “deliberately indifferent” in 2023 to an inmate’s opioid withdrawal ...
An Allegheny County man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his role in a large-scale drug scheme that funneled drugs into Pittsburgh from Mexico a decade ...
Allegheny County Jail corrections officers and their supporters hope to overturn a four-year-old ban on the use of ...
Pittsburgh Police said they are looking for any additional victims of a man who turned himself in on sexual assault charges.
Allegheny County and a McCandless police officer have settled a lawsuit by a Hampton man who claims his civil rights were ...
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 ...
The Allegheny County Jail’s policies and procedures for sending books to the facility have been under increased scrutiny in recent months. Local activists and community members alleged that ...
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 ...
The Allegheny County Jail, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Photo by Jake Dabkowski) A First Amendment lawsuit brought by journalist Brittany Hailer has forced Allegheny County to revise policies that ...
The move by Allegheny County expands access to treatment for people who can’t aid in their own defense due to mental illness.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Some kids in Allegheny County who have needed specialized help have been falling through the cracks for years within the Allegheny County Jail. Right now, there are 22 kids ...