PDF Warrants and Disposition Management Project - WDMToolkit According to the Post-Gazette: Deuerling was not allowed to contact the babys father when she went into labor, and her family was not allowed to be present during the birth, Mr. Grote said, adding that a sheriffs deputy stayed in the room the whole time. On February 1st, 2022, another person, now the 12th in two years. . Melissa Behanna, 35, of Washington County said jail officials knew Joshua Reber was sexually assaulting inmates when he worked as a corrections officer at the jail in 2015 . In July 2021, video became public of a jail officers. Preliminary Arraignment 7. During the 10 months Joshua Reber worked as an Allegheny County Jail guard on female pod 4D in 2015, he sexually assaulted at least three inmates in second-floor, off-camera cells, according to the former inmates' lawsuits. , cold enough to see your breath and be a health hazard. According to one person, The warden needs to be addressed. In early December 2021, days before a voter referendum banning solitary confinement is to go into effect, jail staff are warning that Harpers administration is not prepared to actually implement it. Medical examiner: Natural causes listed in 3 recent deaths of Allegheny County Jail inmates Jail Oversight Board; Disclaimer; Harassment/Discrimination Complaint Procedures . Deuerling was limited in the time she was allowed to hold her infant, he said, and she was not allowed to shower for two days., In May 2019, lawyer Bret Grote wrote about the travesty of the Allegheny County Jail, describing to the Trib: As a civil rights attorney, I have had, . endobj
They basically tell you, this is jail. 50 years ago this month, we exposed a state institution. . Please note that if you submitted a compliant form electronically through the District Attorneys website, you will have to resubmit following these instructions. Porter was approved for surgery to resolve his vision problems, the complaint said, but accuses Williams of cancelling the procedure and refusing to reschedule it. Visiting hours depend on the inmate's pod. Lawsuit: Allegheny County Jail staff beat, restrained women inmates by Allegheny County Controller Corey OConnor and Terri Klein, both members of the countys Jail Oversight Board, found numerous problems reported by folks held in the jail. Paula Reed Ward is a Tribune-Review staff writer. For much of that time, the complaint said, he has been denied contact visits, commissary and phone privileges, preventing him from speaking with his mother who has terminal cancer.