Officials have had trouble staffing the facility. Some community members worry the staffing change could have a negative impact on health care for incarcerated people.
A report commissioned by Allegheny County Jail found “no significant trends or common factors that would show a particular weakness or gap in operations” that led to 27 inmate deaths at the jail over five years. A redacted copy of the 50-page report from the nonprofit National Commission on Correctional
Attorneys for York County are trying to ward off a potential class-action lawsuit related to the alleged civil rights violations of its prison contractor.
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.
Experts retained as part of a federal lawsuit over the treatment of mentally ill people being held at Allegheny County Jail said the facility’s mental health care is “shockingly substandard.” The expert reports filed this month in federal court blamed the problems on issues including:A shortage in medical staffing.A lack