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A referendum banning most uses of solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail took effect in December. Still, 294 inmates were isolated in the last month.
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Jim Rogers died in October, one day after Pittsburgh police shocked him with a Taser. Now some experts in police procedure say the officers had no justification for using a Taser against Rogers in the first place.
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Multiple prisoners' rights groups gathered Downtown Wednesday to call on the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board to cancel a training contract at the jail. The jail hired controversial high-risk corrections training company C-SAU in July to implement new processes for cell extractions.
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On today’s program: Pittsburgh residents will have a chance to vote on whether to ban “no-knock warrants” from police, and the use of solitary confinement in jails; a local Bloomfield bookstore says it was used as a “bargaining chip” for a developer in the Strip District; and ahead of summer, two camp organizers are making plans to hold in-person and hybrid programs.
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Solitary Confinement, No-Knock Warrants Come Closer To Appearing On May BallotActivists are one step closer to asking local voters to curb the use of solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail and to ban no-knock search…
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The day after Antwon Rose Jr. was shot through the cheek and elbow and in the back, killing the 17-year-old honors student, young black people swarmed the…
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More than one in five Pittsburgh police officers reside beyond the Pittsburgh city limits, just a year after gaining the right to live outside the city.…
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Representatives of the Port Authority of Allegheny County are scheduled to meet soon with a group of community advocates concerned about the new fare…
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Families of people hurt or killed by police would not learn the identity of the officer involved for 30 days or until the completion of an investigation…
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Between Scott Schubert's recent appointed as Pittsburgh's new police chief and President Donald Trump's vow to be a “law and order" president, Pittsburgh…