City Paper's February 2023 Jail Watch aggregates this month's jail news, including a new report on the abuse and neglect of people with mental health disabilities and results of county controller's audit of supports for kids with incarcerated parents.
The jail has experienced severe staffing shortages since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supporters say allowing residents of other counties to work at the facility would help alleviate some of the staffing issues.
City Paper's September 2022 Jail Watch aggregates this month's Allegheny County Jail news, including details on two of this year's several deaths in county custody, new statewide data on cash bail and the geography of mass incarceration, and population statistics.
In the filing, the union claims Allegheny County “has engaged in a campaign of anti-union retaliation and discrimination” against union president Brian Englert, who often posts to Twitter about staffing shortages at the jail, mandatory overtime, and other issues the filing says negatively impact members of the bargaining unit.