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 This story first appeared in the Pittsburgh Current. In many ways, the kitchen is the heartbeat of the Allegheny County Jail. Forty workers at a time prepare food for more than 1,600…
by James Byrd Editor’s Note: The Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism policies regarding coverage of incarcerated individuals includes not listing an individual’s charges when reporting on conditions at the Allegheny County Jail. We’ve made an…
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…
By Brittany Hailer Corey Durrett-King was released from the Allegheny County Jail in May and still suffers from the effects of the 23-and-one lockdown that keeps the incarcerated in their cells for all but about…
By Brittany Hailer Another individual incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail has died. Paul Allen, 55, died at UPMC Mercy Hospital Saturday, October 9 after being transferred to the jail's medical unit. Jail medical staff…