For the first time, those incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail are being paid for the work they do. The program began March 25. During the first week, according to Deputy Warden Connie Clark, 377 ...

The Allegheny County jail last week began paying people who work while they're incarcerated in the facility, nearly half a decade after county leaders first floated the idea. Participants in what jail ...

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is experimenting with a policy that has drawn national attention and local skepticism: providing cash compensation to people confined in the Allegheny County Jail in ...

Unlike prison, jail confinement is primarily about custody and court processing, not punishment for convicted criminals. – The Washington Post/The Washington Post Collection via Getty *Allegheny ...