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Allegheny County Jail to Cease Housing Pregnant Women in Isolation

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Agreement Reached in Settlement of a Lawsuit Brought by Women who Were Housed in Solitary While Pregnant PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County has settled a lawsuit filed last December by five women who challenged the county jail’s practice of housing pregnant Continue reading Allegheny County Jail to Cease Housing Pregnant Women in Isolation→

Lawsuit Filed Challenging County Jail’s Practice of Placing Pregnant Women in Solitary Confinement

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PITTSBURGH (December 19) – The ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC), the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP), and Reed Smith LLP joined forces today in filing claims in federal court challenging the inhumane way officials treat pregnant women Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Challenging County Jail’s Practice of Placing Pregnant Women in Solitary Confinement→