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…
Combined drug overdose cited as cause of death…
By Brittany Hailer Victor Joseph Zilinek, 39, an incarcerated person at the Allegheny County Jail, suffered a drug overdose resulting in his July 13 death, according to a press release from the Allegheny County Medical…
Hours before he died, the Allegheny County Jail…
by Brittany Hailer Anthony Talotta, 57, died Wednesday at UPMC Mercy Hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the Allegheny County Jail. Talotta, diagnosed with autism and intellectual disability, was rushed from…
Allegheny County announces contract for ‘historical review of…
By Brittany Hailer Ronald James Andrus, 78, died in the Allegheny County Jail Sunday. Andrus was being held on a probation violation at the facility since mid-July, according to an email Warden Orlando Harper sent…
Citations, fines, and terminated contracts: an inside look…
The jail has been cited by the Allegheny County Health Department 162 times since 2014. By Jake Dabkowski Since 2014, The Allegheny County Jail’s residential kitchen has received 162 health code violations from the Allegheny…
A fourth person dies in Allegheny County Jail…
By Brittany Hailer Victor Joseph Zilinek, 39, died Wednesday in the Allegheny County Jail, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, marking the fourth in-custody death this year. Past notifications to the Jail Oversight Board…
Allegheny County sued after jail allegedly failed to…
By Brittany Hailer Content warning: this story includes topics of suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm A year after he was found unresponsive in the Allegheny County Jail, Martin Bucek’s ex-wife, Dolly Bucek, filed a civil…
“Are we running a jail or a cemetery?”…
Jake Dabkowski Inadequate medical staffing at the Allegheny County Jail, jail officials' failure to notify families of deaths in a timely manner and Warden Orlando Harper’s response to families were publicly addressed today at a…
A man died in jail. Now his mother…
By Brittany Hailer The mother of a man who died at the Allegheny County Jail in March has filed a request for an investigation with the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board into Common Pleas Judge Anthony…