By Jake Dabkowski Pittsburgh is the first city in the country to introduce legislation designed to shield abortion providers from out-of-state criminal investigations, Pittsburgh City Councilman Bobby Wilson said in a press conference Tuesday. Wilson…
by John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star A hunger strike at a state prison in southwestern Pennsylvania went past its second week on Thursday, as a group of incarcerated individuals sought to end what they described…
By Brittany Hailer Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns and County Jail Warden Orlando Harper on Friday released the initial findings of an investigation into declarations given by seven incarcerated individuals about conditions in the…
Medical staff is also short, with reports of just one nurse available at times By Brittany Hailer The Allegheny County Jail is once again on 23-and-one lockdown a month after county voters passed a referendum…
Brittany Hailer A woman incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail mental health unit said she spends four hours a day --the entirety of her daily recreational time-- chained to a table in the women's acute…
By Brittany Hailer The Allegheny County Jail was supposed to end most uses of solitary confinement on Dec 5 as a result of a referendum passed by county voters last spring. But, in this month’s…
By Brittany Hailer Roger Millspaugh, 74, died in the Allegheny County Jail on Dec. 22 according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Millspaugh was found unresponsive during "medication pass" on the jail’s medical housing unit,…
By Brittany Hailer, Mary Niederberger and Jody DiPerna UPDATE: On Dec. 14 at Todd Robinson’s pre-trial hearing, Common Pleas Judge Randal Todd dismissed a motion filed by Robinson’s attorney which argued that his client should…
By Brittany Hailer This story first appeared in the Pittsburgh Current on May 3, 2021. The Pittsburgh Current converted to The Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism in June 2021. This story has been republished here.…
Incarcerated individuals spend most of their days locked in their cells without programming, outside recreation or in-person visits By Brittany Hailer During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, people the world over saw their lives shrink into…