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The county’s Bureau of Corrections lists at least 21 vacant health care-related positions and 42 vacant corrections positions as of June 2.
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The complaint alleges that Jules Williams, a transgender woman, was repeatedly physically and sexually assaulted after she was placed with male inmates.
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Nearly half of the Allegheny County Jail is on a modified lockdown after leaders consulted with local health professionals about a rise in COVID-19 cases, according to a press release.
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Some people worry a month-long lockdown at the Allegheny County Jail in March may have violated a 2021 referendum on solitary confinement.
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COVID-19 case numbers at Allegheny County Jail are dropping, and officials say they are drafting a plan to bring back in-person visits for incarcerated people.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: WESA reporter Kiley Koscinski explains how the Allegheny County Jail lockdown, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, may be violating the voter referendum to end the practice of solitary confinement; amid freezing temperatures, Pittsburgh Mercy’s winter shelter saw full capacity to keep unhoused individuals safe from the weather; and a look at the struggle local manufacturers are facing to maintain a full staff.
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A report about solitary confinement in the jail shows the facility was locked down with very limited recreation time for inmates during the month of January.
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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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C-SAU was pulled as a training contractor from the Allegheny County Jail in September. Now, inmates at the York County Prison have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company alleging they caused excessive force and cruel and unusual punishment.
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The president of the corrections officers' union said Thursday that staffing issues could prevent the end of the 23-and-1 lockdown at the Allegheny County Jail. The jail's warden strongly disagrees.