A Court Watch report from the Abolitionist Law Center says probation causes higher incarceration rates and disproportionately impacts Black men in Greater Pittsburgh.
Three years after a local investigative reporter requested an autopsy report for a man who died in Allegheny County Jail, an appeals court has order the county to hand it over.
A survey published last month found that a majority of correctional officers at the Allegheny County Jail feel undervalued, undertrained and overworked. The findings were the focus of a board meeting last month which adjourned early after participants broke out in a protest song.
A local mother has filed a lawsuit against the Jail Oversight Board for allegedly violating the state's open meetings laws. This month also brought two new deaths to the jail and complaints from public defenders about reduced access to their clients.
The county's jail oversight board approved a new hire Thursday without providing public notice or allowing for public comment in a move some critics say violated the state's Sunshine Act.