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Over the years, the Allegheny County Jail has taken plenty of criticism and rightly so. The latest controversy concerns compliance with a...

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The bodies have been arriving at Anahi Ortiz’s office in frantic spurts — as many as nine overdose deaths in 36 hours. “We’ve literally...