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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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State pardons officials and prisoner rights advocates continued their push Friday to expand chances for release for the roughly 1,200 Pennsylvanians…
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Harrisburg’s city government is adding 18 new jobs to its police department in 2021, 16 of which are meant for civilians. Mayor Eric Papenfuse proposed a…
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Racial disparities persist in Allegheny County’s criminal justice system, according to a report the Abolitionist Law Center’s Court Watch program released…
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Criminal defense lawyer Giuseppe Rosselli was confused when his client, George Allen, didn’t show up for a court date in late July. They had texted about…
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After nearly two years of evidence-gathering and hundreds of interviews with people who have been held at the Allegheny County Jail, civil rights lawyers…
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Pennsylvania is one of three states featured in a new report that details how probation and parole have swelled U.S. prison populations by “often…
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Marsha Scaggs admits she was part of a drug deal that turned deadly more than 30 years ago in Lawrence County, Pa. The transaction grew tense when Scaggs…
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An Allegheny County Council committee has decided not to back a bill that would mandate universal COVID-19 testing at the county jail and Kane Community…
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It will be at least another three months before jury trials resume at the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Last week, the court’s president judge,…