The majority of at least five inmates who died at the Allegheny County Jail this year expired of natural causes, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Two deaths were attributed to accidental causes, the office reported. Ronald James Andrus, 78, of McKees Rocks, died Aug. 14 as a
It’s been a hectic year for the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board. Tasked with overseeing the jail’s compliance with last year’s ballot initiative banning solitary.
A man being held at Allegheny County Jail died Thursday after he was found unresponsive, officials said. Jerry Lee Ross Jr., 48, was found unresponsive shortly before 4:30 p.m., according to information from jail spokesman Jesse Geleynse and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Staff performed CPR before Ross was