News
Original independent Pittsburgh reporting
Allegheny County already has paid more than $350,000 to Adelphoi, months before the Latrobe-based nonprofit services provider will begin to operate the former Shuman Juvenile Detention Center. There is no clear timeline when the facility
...
When the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania issued a contract to nonprofit operator Adelphoi to take over Shuman Juvenile Detention Center, it did so with virtually no public input or other government oversight
...
Pittsburgh election guide guide: It’s the guide to end all Western PA election guides, just in time for Tuesday, when county voters elect a new executive, district attorney, several councilmembers, Supreme and Superior Court judges, and
...
Allegheny County paid $120,000 last month to settle a lawsuit with three women with psychiatric disabilities who alleged they were brutally assaulted by a staff member while held at the Allegheny County Jail, contracts show
...
On Tuesday, October 18, striking Post-Gazette journalists and editors marked one year on the picket line. On October 6, 2022, workers with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Locals 14842 and 14827, Teamsters Local 205/211 and
...
Allegheny County is bringing in millions from lawsuits against major opioid distributors and manufacturers — money designated as another weapon in the county's arsenal to abate the opioid epidemic. So how is it being spent? Allegheny County
...
Update (9/26/23): The Pittsburgh Independent and Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism have learned that Allegheny County’s contract with Adelphoi is valued at $73.2 million over five years. On September 15, the county announced it
...
PUBLISHING NOTE: This article is co-authored by investigative journalist Brittany Hailer, director and founder of the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Allegheny County has paid private security consultant Joseph Garcia the
...