Public commenters at an Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board meeting on Thursday also voiced concerns about food quality and kitchen sanitation, short staffing, and the quality of medical care at the jail.
The article “Lawsuit alleges Allegheny County Jail failed to help man who died by suicide last year” (June 28, TribLIVE) articulates the gross errors made by the Allegheny County Jail staff in caring for Martin Bucek, who died by suicide. A most important question is, who is providing oversight to
The estate of a man with a history of suicidal thoughts and various mental health diagnoses who killed himself last year in Allegheny County Jail is suing the county. Martin Bucek, of Shaler, died on July 3, 2021. He was 55. Dolores Bucek, the administrator of Bucek’s estate, filed a
Lawyers for a trans man incarcerated in Allegheny County Jail say their client is experiencing medical emergencies for which he has not received adequate medical attention. Expressing their concerns in a letter to the warden, the lawyers say he has developed a serious infection while at ACJ, and is being denied timely access to his physician-prescribed hormone replacement therapy.
Lawyers from two advocacy groups and a national law firm have filed a motion in federal court seeking class-action relief for all incarcerated people at.