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At a hearing on Tuesday, lawyers asked a federal judge to issue an injunction stopping the use of probation detainers in Allegheny County unless procedural safeguards are implemented. ....
Tate Stanford, 23, was serving two years of probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in March 2022. Six months later, he was arrested for carrying a gun without a license, possession of marijuana and receiving stolen property. Although bail was set on the new charges, Stanford was held in ....
Six people being held in Allegheny County Jail filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging that the probation detainer system violates their constitutional due process rights. The suit, filed by the Abolitionist Law Center and Civil Rights Corps, seeks class-action status to represent all people held on a probation detainer ....