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On today’s program: Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald explains why the county hasn’t declared a mask mandate or mitigation efforts despite rising COVID-19 cases, mandates for new and current employees, and what businesses can do; and how ending weekly free phone calls impact those incarcerated who are trying to stay connected with loved ones.
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Pennsylvania released a new public dashboard of real-time prison and parole population data Friday, with hopes that making the information available to researchers and legislators can lead to data-driven policies in the future.
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At an oversight board meeting Thursday, jail officials said they did not have a timeline for resuming in-person visitations at the facility. Visits were suspended in March of 2020 to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19.
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Philadelphia will pay a one-time $125,000 settlement to two local bail funds after a judge found reasonable evidence that the city had violated a court order to allow at least three hours of out-of-cell time for people incarcerated at its prison facilities.
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Seven recommendations inspired by exit interviews with former jail staffers were approved by the oversight board Thursday. Jail officials claim most of the policies are already in effect in some capacity, but the newly approved policies provide a framework for accountability, according to one board member.
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As health care workers and nursing home residents are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, officials are still finalizing the distribution plan for the…
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Free electronic tablets have been distributed to those incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail as a way to connect them to the outside world through…
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A ban on buying books for people incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail was lifted Wednesday. The policy prevented people at the jail and their loved…
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Ever since Cindy Keller’s son, Matthew, was locked up for a second time this past November in Lebanon County Correctional Facility, she worries about how…
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Governor Tom Wolf is commuting the life sentences of eight more people in prison, bringing the total to 19 since he took office in 2015.Wolf’s office said…