A recently released audit shows concerns about Allegheny County's heavy caseloads for public defenders that possibly make it ...

HERE’S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL. THIS BODY CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE BRIAN ESTEP IN A HOLDING CELL AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH DUI, SIMPLE ASSAULT, AND RESISTING ...

As recently as July, the Allegheny County Jail was dosing people in its custody with addiction medication in the middle of the night. Advocates called the regimen “triggering” and ...

Those are triple-digit-percentage increases from 2023, he wrote. People incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail recreate on a basketball court, May 22, in Uptown. (Photo by Stephanie ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania where a restraint chair is not being used because of a 2021 referendum. The restraint chair allows officers to transport residents ...

PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Action News Investigates has learned the Allegheny County Jail uses Tasers far more than any other county lockup in Pennsylvania. A policing expert said that is a red flag ...

Allegheny County Police arrested two men Friday who they say helped escalated a social media beef into a homicide last March ...

PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Action News Investigates has learned the Allegheny County Jail uses Tasers far more than any other county lockup in Pennsylvania. A policing expert said that is a red flag that ...

New Allegheny County Jail warden Trevor Wingard reiterated his commitment to progressive ideas at a jail oversight board meeting on Jan. 9, 2025. Trevor Wingard joined the Allegheny County Jail as ...