Michael Bennett and Denzel Glover Editor’s Note: This is part of our series exploring the juvenile justice landscape in Pittsburgh with a focus on education and mental health. These stories were funded by Staunton Farm…
Records released from Allegheny Medical Examiner after court…
Brittany Hailer Daniel Pastorek died over two years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, 2020, in a mental health unit in the Allegheny County Jail. He struggled with housing and suffered from schizophrenia. He was arrested and…
Director of PINJ sues Allegheny County over First…
Attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Yale Law School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic sued Allegheny County, on behalf of Brittany Hailer, the director and co-founder of the…
Allegheny County Jail warden announces retirement
By Brittany Hailer After over ten years at the helm, Allegheny County Jail Warden Orlando Harper announced his retirement on Tuesday. His last day as warden will be Sept. 29. “I have been honored to…
Allegheny County quietly settles lawsuit with banned “corrections…
A nearly $215,000 payment came despite still unanswered questions over Joseph Garcia’s training methods, credentials, and scope of work at the Allegheny County Jail during summer 2021. Brittany Hailer and Brian Conway This story was…
Man awaiting treatment at state hospital dies in…
Brittany Hailer Update: Douglas Bonomo, 59, was found unresponsive in the Allegheny County Jail on Sunday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. The county had not previously identified him in a press release notifying…
PINJ event to launch new book, ‘Death in…
by Jody DiPerna On Thursday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m., Roger A. Mitchell, Jr and Jay Aronson, authors of "Death in Custody" will read from their new book at Trace Brewing in Bloomfield. Brittany Hailer,…
Commonwealth Court orders Allegheny County to provide autopsy…
Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism Over two years after an initial public records request for the autopsy of an incarcerated man who died at the Allegheny County Jail, a state court ruled that Allegheny County…
Survey alleges staffing shortage at Allegheny County Jail…
Healthcare employees say health services administrator unqualified to make patient decisions Matt Glover An Allegheny County Jail healthcare staff job satisfaction survey presented at the Jail Oversight Board meeting Thursday identified 21 instances where staff…