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Judge Initially Plays Pass-the-Buck with Proposal to Hire Suicide Prevention Expert

Eight prisoners have committed suicide at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) since 2016. In response, prisoner advocate Marion Damick asked the county’s nine-member Jail Oversight Board (JOB) to hire a nationally known expert on suicide prevention.

“It’s ... just to see if something can be done, to help the warden ...

 

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